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Q: What is the symbol and charge of a gamma ray?
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What nuclear decay have no mass and no charge?

Gamma


Is the charge of gamma ray?

it has no charges


A gamma ray is a very high speed particle with no charge. True or false?

It is false. A gamma ray has no charge, but it is an electromagnetic wave, not a particle.


How is Gamma ray symbol?

The symbol for gamma-ray is the lower case of the third letter of the Greek alphabet,γ


Do gamma rays have a charge?

No, a gamma ray does not have a plus two charge. A gamma ray is electromagnetic energy, and has no charge at all. It is the alpha particle, a type of particulate radiation, that has a charge of plus two. Use the links below for more information.


When a gamma ray is emitted by a necleus the nucleus then has appreciably less mass or charge?

it would be charge


Is it true or false that a gamma ray is a very high-speed particle with no charge?

True. A gamma ray is a high-energy photon, and thus moves at the speed of light. And, like all photons, it has no charge.


What is gamma particle?

an energy ray with no mass and no charge


Why gamma rays no charge?

No. Gamma rays are massless and have no charge


Chemistry What is a gamma?

A gamma ray represents a high energy photon. It is a biologically hazardous burst of electromagnetic radiation. The French chemist Paul Villard was the person that first discovered the gamma ray in 1900.


What kind of wave is a gamma ray?

A gamma ray is an electromagnetic wave. It has the highest frequency (and energy) as well as the shortest wavelength on any wave on the electromagnetic spectrum.


How do the mass number and charge of a nucleus change when it emits a gamma ray?

Neither changes. A gamma ray is just energy, and the nucleus simply transitions to a lower energy state.