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Half-Life

Question 1 • Foothill-B Period-Chemistry-26/27B

Determine which decay process is being described in each case.The atomic number deceases by one, and the atomic mass is unchanged.

Answer
A
alpha decay
B
beta-minus decay
C
beta-plus decay

Explanation

In beta-plus decay, a proton in the nucleus changes into a neutron and emits a positron. This reduces the atomic number by one while leaving the total number of protons and neutrons—the atomic mass number—unchanged. The process is beta-plus decay.

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