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How does nuclear decay affect the atomic number and mass number of a nucleus that changes after undergoing decay?
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Beta+ decay and electron capture causes the atomic number to drop by one. Beta- causes the the atomic number to rise by one.
Proton emission causes the atomic and mass number to drop by one.
Neutron emission causes the mass number to drop by one.
Alpha decay causes the atomic number to drop by two and the mass number to drop by four.
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