Question

When a proton is released, one element changes into another. What is this process called?

Answer 1

Proton emission

Explanation:

When an proton is emitted from a nucleus the decay is called proton emission or proton reactivity. A proton emission follows a positron emission (`beta^+ decay`).Proton emission is very rare.

For example

`""_11^7N rarr p^+ + ""_10^6C`

The p+ is indicating a free proton

The carbon-10 afterwards gets converted to boron-10 as a result of positron emission

`""_10^6C rarr ""_10^5B + e^-`

10-Boron is stable so it does not further decay