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What are the two quantities are always conserved in nuclear decay equation?
Energy and electrical charge are two quantities that are always conserved in nuclear decay equation.
Is total electrical charge conserved in negative beta decay?
Yes, total electrical charge is conserved in negative beta decay. In this process, a neutron is converted into a proton, an electron, and an antineutrino. The charge of the proton (+1) balances the charge of the electron (-1), preserving the overall charge of the system.
Why a free neutron does not decay into electron and positron?
What makes you think that it should decay precisely into an electron and a positron, rather than some other option?Anyway, in any such particle conversion, certain quantities must be conserved. Some of these conservation laws are strict (no exceptions are known to exist), some not (now and then there is an exception). For the proposed reaction, you should consider the following conservation laws:Conservation of mass/energy - the electron and the positron have much less mass than the neutron. This would not pose a significant problem, since they could move away from each other at a high speed - the missing mass/energy would be present in the form of kinetic energy. This indeed happens in some particle reactions.Conservation of momentu - no problem here, either.Conservation of electric charge - no problem here.Conservation of baryon number - this would NOT be conserved in your proposed reaction. Please note that this is not a strict conservation law; there are known violations. However, violating the baryon number in a particle conversion is quite uncommon. In this case, the neutron has a baryon number of +1, the proton (one of the decay products of the actual decay) also has a baryon number of +1, while electron + positron would have a baryon number of 0.
Is neutron number conserved in radioactive decay?
Neutron number is not conserved in radioactive decay processes. During beta decay, a neutron may convert into a proton, an electron (beta particle), and an antineutrino. This results in a change in neutron number.
When bismuth-212 undergoes alpha decay, what does it become?
When bismuth-212 undergoes alpha decay, it becomes thallium-208.
If seaborgium undergoes alpha decay which element is created?
If seaborgium undergoes alpha decay, it would create rutherfordium as the resulting element.
When an atom undergoes radioactive decay does it become a different element?
That depends on the type of decay, alpha and beta decay change the atom into a different element but gamma decay does not.
When a nucleus undergoes alpha decay the daughter element always has less charge than the parent?
No, the daughter element after alpha decay has less atomic number than the parent (reducing charge), but the total charge (protons) in the nucleus remains the same. The daughter element gains stability by emitting an alpha particle, which consists of two protons and two neutrons.
When cobalt 60 undergoes nuclear decay it emits?
Beta Particle
What pathway would decay polonium-218 to bismuth-214?
Polonium-218 undergoes alpha decay to form lead-214, which then undergoes beta decay to form bismuth-214.
What is the name of the product nuclide when bismuth-214 undergoes beta decay?
Bismuth-214 produces Polonium-214 by beta- decay. It also produces Thallium-210 by alpha decay, though at a much smaller percentage.
What is the charge of the emitted particle in alpha decay?
In alpha decay, the emitted particle has a charge of 2.
