This problem is now sorted. I have thrown the old unit in the bin and purchased a new unit from the shop
Gamma rays hasn't a mass number.
Gamma decay don't affect the atomic number.
The atomic number does not change when gamma radiation is emitted.
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Beta and Gamma
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Emission of a gamma ray does not change the atomic number of the atom. A gamma ray is a photon, and has no mass. The atom's mass is reduced by the conversion of a tiny amount of mass into the energy of the gamma ray. This changes neither the number of protons nor the number of neutrons. It is done by rearranging the nucleons, changing the state of excitation of the nucleus. An example is when 99mTc emits a gamma ray and changes to 99Tc.
Tau gamma phi tenets number six?
It depends on what caused the gamma event in the first place.Strictly speaking, gamma radiation is caused by the de-excitation of the nucleus, so the atomic number (and Atomic Mass) does not change during a gamma event.However, the gamma event is usually precipitated by some other event, such as a beta or alpha decay that does change the configuration of the nucleus. An alpha event reduces the atomic number by 2 (and reduces the atomic mass by 4), while the beta event increases the atomic number by 1 (and does not change the atomic mass very much).Its actually more complex than that, but the answer to the original question is that nothing really happens to the atomic number during a gamma event.
the loss of gamma radiations alone from an unstable heavy metal nucleus results in no change in masss number nor the atomic number
Cobalt-60m decays by emitting a gamma particle. This changes neither the atomic number nor the isotope number, since no nucleons are lost. The gamma particle has an energy of 58.59 keV. The resulting atom is Cobalt-60.
This is completely wrong. The BREAKDOWN of uranium. Gamma rays dont change the atomic number and mass number so it wouldnt do anything to the breakdown of uranium.