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Why doesn't electrons get destroyed?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019
  • They are destroyed in "K capture" decay when a proton in the nucleus captures an electron, becoming a neutron.
  • They are destroyed in matter-antimatter annihilation when they meet a positron, a gamma ray photon is emitted.
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