Positron Decay

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• How does positron emission occur?
• How does positron emission mammography work?
• What is an example of a positron decay practice problem?
• What is half-life?
• What causes beta plus decay?
• What elements undergo positron decay?
• Why does oxygen-15 undergo positron decay?
• Does fluorine-18 undergo positron decay?
• Is positron decay exponential?
• Is I-131 more likely to undergo beta-decay or positron-decay?
• How do beta emission and positron emission affect the neutron-proton ratio?
• Based on its position relative to the band of stability, will 80Zn undergo positron decay?
• What is a negative beta decay?
• What is the positrom emission particle?
• Why is positron emission important?
• What is the difference between positron emission and electron emission?
• Why does positron decay occur?
• How do you write positron decay?
• How does positron decay work?
• Scandium-44 (#""_21^44Sc#) decays by emitting a positron. Which nuclide is the product of the decay?