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If a neutron ejects an electron is it still neutral in charge?
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∙ 14y ago
Your question is a bit confusing but a neutron is ALWAYS neutral. If a molecule loses an electron it moves toward the "positive charge" catagory, but it depends on the molecule.
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When an element decays what does it lose?
in alpha decay it loses a helium nucleus (2 protons, 2 neutrons)in beta decay a neutron converts to a proton and it ejects an electron and a neutrinoin gamma decay an excited nuclear state relaxes and a gamma photon is emittedin "k-capture" an inner electron is eaten by the nucleus converting a proton to a neutron and it ejects a neutrinothere are also a few other mechanisms.
Radioactive decay occurs when the nucleus ejects the?
Radioactive decay occurs when the nucleus of unstable atoms eject protons, positrons or electron in order to attain a stable atomic structure. This yields new elements with reduced atomic number.
A fast moving electron that is given off as a nuclear radiation is called?
Ok if what your looking for is an electron released from radioactive decay, it's a beta particle, which is created in beta decay =]In beta decay, a neutron in the nucleus spontaneously turns into a proton, an electron, and a third particle called an antineutrino. The nucleus ejects the electron and antineutrino, while the proton remains in the nucleus. The ejected electron is referred to as a beta particle. The nucleus loses one neutron and gains one proton. For example, a hydrogen-3 atom undergoing beta decay becomes a helium-3 atom.So simply, its a beta particle. But I also gave you a science explanation.Feel proud man =D
What is elimination in biology?
In biological terms, elimination is the process by which an organism ejects some unwanted substance from its body.
When a low-mass star nears the end of its life it ejects shells of gas into space forming?
A Planetary Nebula
When an element decays what does it lose?
in alpha decay it loses a helium nucleus (2 protons, 2 neutrons)in beta decay a neutron converts to a proton and it ejects an electron and a neutrinoin gamma decay an excited nuclear state relaxes and a gamma photon is emittedin "k-capture" an inner electron is eaten by the nucleus converting a proton to a neutron and it ejects a neutrinothere are also a few other mechanisms.
He decay of a neutron into a proton also ejects a small particle called a?
Beta Particle
How is it possible that negatively charged beta particles are emitted from a positively charged nucleus during nuclear decay?
An electron (negative particle) and an electron neutrino (neutral particle) are released when a neutron (neutral particle) changes into a proton(positive particle) therefore in order for neutral charge to create a positive particle it also has to create a negative particle to balance it out.As a significant amount of binding energy is released, the electron is ejected at high velocity as beta radiation while the much more massive nucleus containing the newly created proton recoils with very low velocity. The neutrino having almost no mass is ejected at almost the speed of light, but is nearly impossible to detect except by implication from the "missing momentum".Basically beta particles are ejected from the nucleus by conservation of momentum before and after the decay event.
What new element is formed if magnesium-24 is bombarded with a neutron and then ejects a proton?
Na-24
The decay of a neutron into a proton also ejects a small particle called a?
the decay of neutron into proton givesz small praticle called negative beta particle
Radioactive decay occurs when the nucleus ejects the?
Radioactive decay occurs when the nucleus of unstable atoms eject protons, positrons or electron in order to attain a stable atomic structure. This yields new elements with reduced atomic number.
A fast moving electron that is given off as a nuclear radiation is called?
Ok if what your looking for is an electron released from radioactive decay, it's a beta particle, which is created in beta decay =]In beta decay, a neutron in the nucleus spontaneously turns into a proton, an electron, and a third particle called an antineutrino. The nucleus ejects the electron and antineutrino, while the proton remains in the nucleus. The ejected electron is referred to as a beta particle. The nucleus loses one neutron and gains one proton. For example, a hydrogen-3 atom undergoing beta decay becomes a helium-3 atom.So simply, its a beta particle. But I also gave you a science explanation.Feel proud man =D
What is The spontaneous decay of an atom is called?
Nuclear decay.Different types of nuclear decay include:Alpha Decay, where the nucleus ejects a charged particle made of protons and neutrons.Beta Decay, where a neutron turns into a proton, a Beta particle (an electron or positron) and a neutrino.Gamma radiation can also be emitted in these processes.
What happens to molecules if they receive electromagnetic radiation?
They are excited and their energy increases and possibly ejects an electron and change their size and shape..They will often absorb part of the radiation; in that case, their energy will increase.
Does alpha particles have less mass the beta particles?
An alpha particle is two protons and two neutrons (same as a Helium nucleus) so when a nucleus ejects an alpha it will defintely have less mass. Also it will be a new element because it has two less protons.
How does a nuclear reaction take place?
First nuclear reactions always involve the nucleus and except for K capture beta decay never involve any of the electrons around the nucleus.There are seven different types of ordinary nuclear reactions:fission, a massive nucleus splits into two lighter fragment nuclei (about 1/3 & 2/3 the mass of the original nucleus) and several free neutrons, fission can happen spontaneously in some isotopes (e.g. plutonium-240) but is usually triggered by the capture of a neutron, as fission always produces free neutrons it is possible to produce a neutron chain reaction to keep the process goingfusion, light nuclei join forming a heavier nucleus, this reaction can only happen under conditions of very high temperature and pressure (causing the nuclei to be fully ionized, traveling at high velocity, and pressed tightly together) it is very hard to to get started and keep going (except deep inside stars) Note that fusion is the only one of these seven nuclear reactions that is affected in any way by the temperature or pressure of the environment it happens inalpha decay, a nucleus spontaneously ejects a helium nucleus (i.e. alpha particle)beta- decay, a neutron in the nucleus spontaneously transforms into a proton and the nucleus ejects an electron and an electron antineutrinobeta+ decay, a proton in the nucleus spontaneously transforms into a neutron and the nucleus ejects an positron and an electron neutrinoK capture beta decay, a proton in the nucleus spontaneously transforms into a neutron and the nucleus captures an electron from the innermost (i.e. K) electron shell and ejects an electron neutrinogamma decay, a nucleus in a metastable (i.e. excess energy) state spontaneously relaxes its proton and/or neutron shells to a lower energy state and ejects a gamma photon with an energy equal to the energy lost in the nucleusHowever if you include other subatomic particles not present in ordinary matter (e.g. muons, antimatter particles, strange particles) a much wider and more confusing variety of nuclear reactions can happen that are beyond the scope of the original question. I will only mention one of these nuclear reactions: muon catalysed cold fusion. This is interesting because it permits the fusion nuclear reaction to happen at ordinary room temperature.In muon catalyzed cold fusion the electrons around hydrogen nuclei are replaced with muons (particles identical to electrons in every way except that they have 200 times the mass), being much more massive than electrons their orbitals are much smaller. So much smaller that the nuclei can come close enough to each other at ordinary room temperature that the nuclei can fuse! The fusion energy release causes the product nucleus to lose its muons and become ionized. This process is called "muon catalyzed" because these free muons can now replace electrons around fresh hydrogen nuclei, repeating the nuclear reaction over and over without requiring any additional muons. The only problem with muon catalyzed cold fusion is that the muons required to begin this nuclear reaction are very expensive to produce.
When a material ejects particles or energy spontaneously it is?
radioactive :)
