Which type of radioactive decay produces particles with a positive charge and very small mass?

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Elisa Finley

Biology

14 July, 01:22

Which type of radioactive decay produces particles with a positive charge and very small mass?

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Reagan Jimenez · Answer 1

The answer is Beta

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Ayana Ochoa · Answer 2

N positron emission, also called positive beta decay (β+-decay), a proton in the parent nucleus decays into a neutron that remains in the daughter nucleus, and the nucleus emits a neutrino and a positron, which is a positive particle like an ordinary electron in mass but of opposite charge.