Beta Decay Flashcards

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Vocabulary flashcards about Beta Decay.

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Beta Decay

The process where an unstable nucleus with an imbalance of the strong force tries to become more stable involving protons and neutrons.

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Beta Decay

A neutron transforms into a proton and an electron.

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Beta Particle

An electron emitted during beta decay.

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Beta Particle Symbol

Represented as 0 -1 e.

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Effect on Nucleus During Beta Decay

The number of neutrons decreases by one, and the number of protons increases by one, while the total number of nucleons remains the same

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Alpha Particle

Helium (4 2 He)

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Neutron Star Formation

Occurs when electrons are forced into protons creating neutrons, leading to the collapse of space and formation of a neutron star.

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Beta Decay

The process of a neutron splitting into a proton and an electron.