What elements undergo positron decay?

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Mar 22, 2015

Positron emission or beta plus decay (β+ decay) is a particular type of radioactive decay and a subtype of beta decay, in which a proton inside a radionuclide nucleus is converted into a neutron while releasing a positron and an electron neutrino (νe).[1] Positron emission is mediated by the weak force. The positron is a type of beta particle (β+), the other beta particle being the electron (β−) emitted from the β− decay of a nucleus.

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Isotopes which undergo this decay and thereby emit positrons #to#carbon-11
#to#potassium-40,
#to#nitrogen-13,
#to# oxygen-15,
#to #aluminium-26,
#to# sodium-22,
#to# fluorine-18,
#to# iodine-121.