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no, gamma isn't really decay as the radioactive ion doesn't emit any particles. In alpha and beta decay, different size particles are emitted as the nucleus decays but in gamma radiatio the ion gives off an ionising electromagnetic wave.
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Which of these types of radioactive decay does not produce an atom of a different element?
All forms of radioactive decay have emissions. Some, however, do not emit alpha, positive or negative beta, or gamma particles, and do not emit protons or neutrons either. In these, which include electron capture and double electron capture, neutrinos are emitted, but these are still considered particles.
What type of nuclear decay produces energy instead of a particle?
gamma decay
Does Gamma decay change the atomic number?
Gamma decay don't affect the atomic number.
Do allpha beta and gamma rays come from same element?
They can do, it depends on what element. For example Alpha Decay only happens with intermediate elements.
How does gamma radiation affect the nucleus?
In the case of pure gamma decay, the element will not decay into another element or another isotope, like with alpha- or beta radiation, but it will lose energy in the form of a (gamma) photon. The atomic number and mass number will not change.
Which type of decay does not result in the change of one element into another?
the loss of gamma radiations alone from an unstable heavy metal nucleus results in no change in masss number nor the atomic number
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.
Which of these types of radioactive decay does not produce an atom of a different element?
All forms of radioactive decay have emissions. Some, however, do not emit alpha, positive or negative beta, or gamma particles, and do not emit protons or neutrons either. In these, which include electron capture and double electron capture, neutrinos are emitted, but these are still considered particles.
Do element identities reamin the same or change during nuclear decay?
That depends on the nuclear decay type. For gamma decay, the identity does NOT change, but for alpha and beta, it does.
Is the process of changing one element into another through nuclear decay?
transmutation of elements... the thing alchemists sought to do
What type of nuclear decay produces energy instead of a particle?
gamma decay
What type of radioactive decay involves only the release of high energy photons and therefore does not change the mass of the radionuclide?
There is no normal process by which a nucleus can release energy without changing the element. Even gamma radiation, which is photon emission from the nucleus during a restabilization sequence, has a predecessor, i.e. usually beta or alpha, which does change the element.
Does Gamma decay change the atomic number?
Gamma decay don't affect the atomic number.
What decay has no particles?
Even gamma decay is considered to produce a particle for each decay event: the photon. Perhaps you are thinking of K capture (a form of beta decay), but it still emits a neutrino.
Order gamma decay beta decay and alpha deacy form weakest to strongest?
gamma decay beta decay alpha decay
Do allpha beta and gamma rays come from same element?
They can do, it depends on what element. For example Alpha Decay only happens with intermediate elements.
What radioactive decay has no particles?
Even gamma decay is considered to produce a particle for each decay event: the photon. Perhaps you are thinking of K capture (a form of beta decay), but it still emits a neutrino.
