Beta Decay

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• How do you write nuclear equations for beta decay?
• How does beta decay change the nucleus?
• Why is beta decay a weak interaction?
• What is beta decay?
• What is the decay equation for the beta decay of uranium 237?
• Can you write the nuclear decay equation for the beta decay of iodine-131?
• Does an atom gain or lose an electron during beta decay?
• How is the atomic mass changed by beta decay?
• Is an antineutrino emitted in beta decay?
• Why is beta decay continuous?
• Why does beta decay occur?
• Does positron decay result in nuclear transmutation?
• What are continuous energy spectra?
• Can an original element decay into a new element through beta decay?
• What element decays into sodium-23 though beta decay?
• What is the beta decay of carbon-14?
• What is beta plus?
• What is beta minus?
• How was beta decay discovered?
• What is the beta decay equations?
• How does beta decay differ from gamma decay?
• What is beta decay?
• How does beta decay increase atomic number?
• How does beta decay differ from alpha decay?
• How does beta decay affect the nucleus?
• How does a nucleus change when beta decay occurs?
• How does beta decay occur?
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• Nitrogen-17 is a beta emitter, what is the isotope produced in the radioactive decay?
• What happens to a neutron in beta decay?
• Radioactive carbon-14 turns into nitrogen-14 over time. What type of decay is occurring in this reaction?
• If potassium-40 undergoes radioactive decay by losing an electron, the daughter isotope is what?
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• What is the effect of beta decay on the composition of a nucleus?
• What are the atomic number and atomic mass of the element formed when 218Po emits a beta particle?
• What is the daughter nucleus produced when 64Cu undergoes beta decay?
• What happens in beta decay?
• In beta decay, what is emitted?
• What element does carbon-14 become after undergoing beta decay?
• What is the daughter nucleus produced when 103 Mo undergoes beta decay?
• What would the nuclear equation be for the beta-decay of strontium-90?
• What is the nuclear equation for Bismuth-214 which undergoes beta decay?
• How do you write the radioactive decay equation for the radioisotopes, Gold-198 and Radon-222?
• How do you write an equation for the beta decay of sodium-24?
• Is beta decay continuous?
• What stops beta decay?
• What represents beta decay?
• What does beta decay mean?
• How does beta decay work?
• How do you find beta decay?
• How do you do beta decay equations?
• What is beta decay in terms of quarks?
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• Can beta particles supply power to remote locations?
• What is the daughter nucleus (nuclide) produced when #""^64Cu# undergoes beta decay by emitting an electron?
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• In alpha decay, does a neutron decay into a proton and an electron.?
• What will shield beta particles?
• Which symbol is used for a beta particle?
• How does the penetrating ability of gamma rays compare with that of alpha particles and beta particles?
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• Uranium-238 decays into thorium-234. How do scientists explain why this happens?
• What is the isotope remaining when uranium-235 decays in the following steps: #α, α, γ, β#?
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• What happens to the positron after positron emission (beta plus decay)?
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• Balance the following nuclear equations #""_(10)^(24) "Ne" -> ??? + beta#
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