High-mass radionuclides, which may be either alpha or beta emitters, belong to one of four decay chains, depending on whether their mass number A is of the form 4n, 4n+1, 4n+2, or 4n+3, where n is a positive integer. (a) Justify this statement and show that if a nuclide belongs to one of these families, all its decay products belong to the same family. Classify the following nuclides as to family: (b) (c) localid="1661601960557" (d) (e) localid="1661601429038" (f) localid="1661601438307" (g) localid="1661601952668" (h) localid="1661601482780" (i) and (j) .