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    an isobar of that nuclide. For example, beta decay of a neutron transforms it into a proton by the emission of an electron accompanied by an antineutrino;...
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    Positron emission, beta plus decay, or β+ decay is a subtype of radioactive decay called beta decay, in which a proton inside a radionuclide nucleus is...
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    A beta particle, also called beta ray or beta radiation (symbol β), is a high-energy, high-speed electron or positron emitted by the radioactive decay...
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  • particle or beta particle) from the nucleus. During those processes, the radionuclide is said to undergo radioactive decay. These emissions are considered...
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    rare beta-decay reactions immediately yield neutrons as an additional decay particle, so called beta-delayed neutron emission. Neutron emission usually...
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    excited states in a nucleus following a beta decay, in which case the process is known as beta-delayed proton emission, or can occur from the ground state...
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    equal probabilities for two decay modes: positron emission, leading to tellurium-126, and beta emission, leading to xenon-126. No observationally stable...
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  • is electron capture (with a good deal of alpha emission), and the primary mode after is beta emission. The primary decay products before 237 Np are isotopes...
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    from excited states of other nuclides as in photoneutron emission and beta-delayed neutron emission. As only a neutron is lost by this process the number...
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  • (Kα) emission. Similarly, when an electron falls from the M shell to the K shell, the X-ray radiation emitted is called a K-beta (Kβ) emission. K-alpha...
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