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No. Beta particles are electrons (sometimes positrons, the antiparticles of electrons, are referred to as betas also).

"Negative meson" is not a specific particle. It would be a type of particle which is a) a meson, or two-quark hadron, and b) negatively charged. There are several particles which fit that description, but none of them are electrons (or positrons), which are not hadrons but leptons (a type of elementary particle, not made up of quarks at all).

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No, a beta particle is an electron or positron. Mesons are not produced by radioactive decay, but appear in nature only as short-lived products of very high-energy interactions in matter and are composed of one quark and one antiquark, bound together by the strong interaction. Charged mesons decay (sometimes through intermediate particles) to form electrons and neutrinos. Uncharged mesons may decay to photons.

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An alpha particle is identical to?

Alpha particle has same effect with gamma rays in photographic effect ,both can can blacken a photographic film.And it has same effect with beta particles in the effect of electric and magnetic fields, both are deflected by electric and magnetic fields.


Does an alpha particle and beta particle has the same speed in a magnetic field?

Alpha particles with the same energy as beta particles have much less speed, magnetic field or no.


Are beta emission and beta decay the same?

There is a difference between beta emitters and beta particles. In situations where an atomic nucleus exhibits nuclear instability due to too many neutrons for the number of protons or vice versa, that nucleus may undergo beta decay. It the decay event occurs, that atom is considered a beta emitter. The emitted particle is the beta particle. That's the difference. (There are two different beta particles, so check the articles on beta decay to get the scoop.)


How does the composition of an atom change when it emits a beta particle?

When a nucleus emits a beta particle, it loses one of its neutrons and gains one proton. Hence, it's mass and atomic number remain the same but its charge and What_happens_to_a_nucleus_when_it_emits_a_beta_particlenumber is increased by +1.


When neotron emit beta particle it change into?

Beta decay occurs when a neutron essentially spontaneously turns into a proton and emits an electron (beta particle). This results in the atomic number of the original nucleus increasing by one, but the atomic mass remains the same.

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Is the beta a particle with positive electric charge?

A beta particle is an electron, and electrons are negative. You're probably thinking of a positron, which has the same mass as an electron but the opposite charge.


What charge does a beta particle contain?

neutral charge. this is because a beta decay gains a proton and loses a neutron.


Positively charged particle that is also beta particle?

A positron is a positively charged particle that is also a beta particle. It is the antimatter counterpart of the electron, with the same mass but opposite charge. Positrons are commonly produced in beta plus decay processes.


An alpha particle is identical to?

Alpha particle has same effect with gamma rays in photographic effect ,both can can blacken a photographic film.And it has same effect with beta particles in the effect of electric and magnetic fields, both are deflected by electric and magnetic fields.


Does an alpha particle and beta particle has the same speed in a magnetic field?

Alpha particles with the same energy as beta particles have much less speed, magnetic field or no.


Are beta emission and beta decay the same?

There is a difference between beta emitters and beta particles. In situations where an atomic nucleus exhibits nuclear instability due to too many neutrons for the number of protons or vice versa, that nucleus may undergo beta decay. It the decay event occurs, that atom is considered a beta emitter. The emitted particle is the beta particle. That's the difference. (There are two different beta particles, so check the articles on beta decay to get the scoop.)


Compounds that have the same number of positive and negative charges are said to be?

Compound having any positive or negative particle are said to be charged particle . it is not so that there should be same number of positive or negative infact these are called saturated particle .an atom carring positive particle are called cationwhile negative particle are called anionby MK


What nuclear radiation is described by a radioactive particle having the same mass as an electron?

Beta


When a beta particle is emitted does the mass number of the isotope remains unchanged?

With the ejection of a beta particle (electron), there is a minute loss of mass. Electrons have very low mass. The atomic number increases though as a neutron is transformed into a proton. A antineutrino is also ejected. In a similar process, positron emission also called beta decay,- a positron is emitted and a proton is transformed into a neutron, the atomic number decreases. A neutrino is also ejected.


How does the composition of an atom change when it emits a beta particle?

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What is the mass and charge of beta particle?

A beta particle is an electron (β-) or a positron (β+). The mass of a beta particle is approximately 9.11 x 10^-31 kilograms for an electron and the same for a positron. The charge of a beta particle is -1 elementary charge for an electron and +1 elementary charge for a positron.


When neotron emit beta particle it change into?

Beta decay occurs when a neutron essentially spontaneously turns into a proton and emits an electron (beta particle). This results in the atomic number of the original nucleus increasing by one, but the atomic mass remains the same.