Question

The number of neutrons in sodium

23Na (Z = 11) and magnesium 24Mg (Z = 12) are ​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Sodium-24 undergoes beta decay, or, more specifically, beta-minus decay.

During a beta decay, a neutron located in the nucleus of a radioactive nuclide is converted to a proton. At the same time, the nuclide emits an electron, also called a beta particle, and an electron antineutrino,

¯

ν

e

.