Firing an accelerated particle at a magnesium-26 target nucleus produces magnesium-27 and a proton.What is the projectile particle?

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The production of magnesium-27 indicates that a neutron was added to the magnesium-26 target nucleus. Since the production of a proton occurred at the same time, this indicates that the projectile particle was a deuteron (deuterium nucleus), which has one proton and one neutron.

Firing an Accelerated Particle at a Magnesium-26 Target Nucleus Produces