Question

during nuclear decay, a new isotope is created. How is the nucleus of the new isotope different from the parent if the parent isotope has undergone beat decay?

Answer 1

there are two types of beta decay

1. negative beta decay
2. positive beta decay

if the elements undergoes negative beta decay then a new elements is formed with the same atomic mass but the atomic number is reduced by 1 .... with the release of anti neutrino

whereas if the elements undergoes positive beta decay then a new elements is formed with same atomic mass but the atomic number is increased by 1 with the release of neutrino...

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