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What type of particle is emitted when carbon-14 decays into nitrogen-14?
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∙ 11y ago
A beta particle. This is because the mass number is the same, so it cannot involve a neutron or a proton. Beta particles can either be a positron or an electron. A positron is just a positive electron. Because the atomic masses are the same, but the atomic number is different, you need an electron or positron, to negate the difference.
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∙ 13y ago6C14 decays into 7N14 by beta minus decay. A neutron becomes a proton, and an electron and electron antineutrino is emitted. This is mediated by the Weak Atomic Force, causing a down quark to become an up quark by the emission of a W- boson, which then becomes the electron and electron antineutrino.
The down quark is part of the original neutron, which comprises one up and two down quarks. The up quark is part of the new proton, which comprises two up and one down quark.
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∙ 9y agoIt has too many neutrons to be stable.
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Remains the same
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What type of particle is emitted when U-235 decays to Np-235?
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Remains the same
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a beta particle
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What particle is emitted when Cobalt-60 decays to Nickel-60?
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It is negative beta particle emitted by a uranium nucleus and converting it to neptunium nucleus.
What kind of radiation is emitted when polonium decays to astatine?
Polonium, which has an atomic number of 84, decays to astatine, which has an atomic number of 85, a negative beta particle is emitted.
What particle is emitted when Pt-190 decays to Os-186?
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When U-238 decays to th-234 what has been emitted?
When U-238 decays to Th-234, an alpha particle is emitted. An alpha particle consists of two protons and two neutrons, and is essentially a helium nucleus.
What is nuclear isotopes?
A radioactive isotope is a form of an element that is unstable and eventually decays into a different element. For example, most Carbon has 6 protons and 6 neutrons, and is stable. This is called Carbon12.Carbon14 with 6 protons and 8 neutrons, is unstable and decays by releasing a beta particle from its nucleus to become a stable isotope, Nitrogen14. which has 7 protons and 7 neutrons.That refers to an isotope that is unstable - the atoms will decay after a while.
What type of particle is emitted when U-235 decays to Np-235?
It is the reverse: Np-235 decay to U-235 by electron capture.
What particle is emitted when Pu-240 decays to U-236?
240Pu decays to 236U by emitting an alpha particle. You can tell this by looking at the difference in atomic mass. 240 minus 236 is 4, and that is the mass of an alpha particle. You can also tell this by looking at a chart of the nuclides. See the related link below for an example from Brookhaven National Laboratories.
