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What happens inside the nucleus in a beta-minus decay? | StemPy Lab
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What happens inside the nucleus in a beta-minus decay?
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Modern Physics
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What happens inside the nucleus in a beta-minus decay?
A neutron changes into a proton, an electron and an antineutrino
A proton changes into a neutron, a positron and a neutrino
An electron leaves its orbit and falls into the nucleus
Two protons and two neutrons leave together
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← An atom of thallium-208 has 81 protons in its nucleus. After the nucleus gives off a beta-minus particle, how many protons does the nucleus have?
Starting from a nucleus with 220 nucleons and 88 protons, a chain of decays gives off two alpha particles and then one beta-minus particle. How many neutrons does the final nucleus have? →
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