Question

Write the basic nuclear process of neutron undergoing beta decay

Answer 1

Beta decay is one process that unstable atoms can use to become more stable.And there are two types of beta decay, beta-minus and beta-plus. During beta-minus decay, a neutron in an atom's nucleus turns into a proton, an electron and an antineutrino

Answer 2

Beta decay occurs when, in a nucleus with too many protons or too many neutrons, one of the protons or neutrons is transformed into the other. Beta decay is of two types:

1) Beta plus decay - In the beta plus decay the proton transforms into neutron by emmiting a beta plus particle and a neutrino.

p ---> n + β⁺ + v

2) Beta minus decay -  In beta minus decay, a neutron decays into a proton, an electron, and an antineutrino

n -----> p + e⁻ + v