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What releases a fast moving electron from a neutron in the nucleus?

Beta decay releases a fast-moving electron (beta particle) from a neutron in the nucleus. During beta decay, a neutron is converted into a proton, and the electron and an antineutrino are emitted to conserve charge and energy.


How beta particles are emitted from nuclei as there are no electrons in nucleas of an atom than from where beta rays are emmited?

nucleus is a very complicated region and we known little about thattheoretically a neutron is broken down to a proton and a beta particle during radioactivity so with in nucleus beta particle is a part of neutron.


What is a fast moving electron given off by a nucleus during radioactive decay and has a negative chare?

its called a beta particle, but its an electron


What is released during alpha decay?

In beta- decay, a neutron is converted into a proton, and an electron and an electron antineutrino is emitted. More fundamentally, a down quark is converted into an up quark by the emission of a W- boson. The quark conversion is part of the neutron becoming a proton, and the W- boson subsequently decays into the electron and electron antineutrino.In beta+ decay, a proton is converted into a neutron with the addition of energy, and a positron and an electron neutrino is emitted. More fundamentally, an up quark is converted into a down quark, causing the emission of the electron and electron antineutrino. If the beta+ decay also involves K capture, which is the capture of a K shell electron into the nucleus, then there will be subsequent realignment of the electron shells and emission of photons of various energies (x-ray) as the electrons come back to ground state.


What substance is O2 converted into as it accepts electron?

O2 is converted into H2O (water) as it accepts electrons during the process of cellular respiration.

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What is emitted from the nucleus during beta decay?

During beta decay, a neutron is converted into a proton, releasing an electron (beta particle) and an antineutrino from the nucleus. The beta particle is emitted as the neutron decays into a proton, increasing the atomic number of the nucleus.


How neutron transforms into proton and electron?

A neutron can transform into a proton, an electron, and an antineutrino through a process called beta decay. During beta decay, a neutron in the nucleus of an atom is converted into a proton, an electron (beta particle), and an antineutrino. This process helps maintain the balance of protons and neutrons in the nucleus.


During beta decay what's the following change will occur in the nucleus?

During beta decay, a neutron in the nucleus will be converted into a proton, releasing an electron (beta particle) and an antineutrino. This process increases the atomic number of the nucleus while keeping the overall mass number constant.


What releases a fast moving electron from a neutron in the nucleus?

Beta decay releases a fast-moving electron (beta particle) from a neutron in the nucleus. During beta decay, a neutron is converted into a proton, and the electron and an antineutrino are emitted to conserve charge and energy.


Atomic number increases by one during what type of radioactive decay?

Beta decays does. But alpha decay lowers it by 2.


What happens to the mass number of a nucleus when it emits an electron?

When a nucleus emits a beta particle (electron) it is a result of neutron decay. This decay will also release an antineutrino and a proton is left which increases the atomic mass by one thereby changing the element.


How beta particles are emitted from nuclei as there are no electrons in nucleas of an atom than from where beta rays are emmited?

nucleus is a very complicated region and we known little about thattheoretically a neutron is broken down to a proton and a beta particle during radioactivity so with in nucleus beta particle is a part of neutron.


What is a fast moving electron given off by a nucleus during radioactive decay and has a negative chare?

its called a beta particle, but its an electron


Why energy is released during the addition of first electron into oxygen atom?

Even though an oxygen atom is electrically neutral, since it has equal numbers of protons and electrons, it can still act as though it is positively charged, because the electrons are very mobile and they arrange themselves in a way that maximizes their connection to the nucleus while minimizing their connection to other electrons, which repel them. So when an oxygen atom adds an electron, that electron is attracted by the positive nucleus more than it is repelled by the negative electrons orbiting the nucleus. The separation between the electron and the nucleus is a form of potential energy, just as you gain potential energy by raising an object in a gravitational field. As the electron falls toward the nucleus, potential energy is converted into other energy, such as heat or light.


What is released during alpha decay?

In beta- decay, a neutron is converted into a proton, and an electron and an electron antineutrino is emitted. More fundamentally, a down quark is converted into an up quark by the emission of a W- boson. The quark conversion is part of the neutron becoming a proton, and the W- boson subsequently decays into the electron and electron antineutrino.In beta+ decay, a proton is converted into a neutron with the addition of energy, and a positron and an electron neutrino is emitted. More fundamentally, an up quark is converted into a down quark, causing the emission of the electron and electron antineutrino. If the beta+ decay also involves K capture, which is the capture of a K shell electron into the nucleus, then there will be subsequent realignment of the electron shells and emission of photons of various energies (x-ray) as the electrons come back to ground state.


What substance is O2 converted into as it accepts electron?

O2 is converted into H2O (water) as it accepts electrons during the process of cellular respiration.


In radioactive decay 81Rb is converted to 81Kr with the emission of X-ray photon What is the nature of decay?

I don't believe that this form of deay would directly form a X-ray photon. To go from 81RB to 81KR, a proton would need to be converted to a neutron - thus inverse Beta Decay. During this decay event, a neutrono would also be produced. Because the electron captured is in the inner shell, the atom is unstable. Thus, when the electrons realign in their respective shells, a high energy photon would then be produced. However, this photon is not the direct result of decay but is instead due to the atom returning to is ground state. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_capture