Beta Radiation
Beta radiation is the emission of an electron from the nucleus of a radioactive isotope. This electron comes from one of the neutrons in an unstable nucleus. The weak nuclear force is i...
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Beta Radiation
Beta radiation is the emission of an electron from the nucleus of a radioactive isotope. This electron comes from one of the neutrons in an unstable nucleus. The weak nuclear force is i...
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Beta Particle
Henri Becquerel discovered the ability of certain materials to give off radiation spontaneously ( radioactivity) in 1896. The logical follow-up question to this discovery was what the na...
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Beta Particle
An electron emitted by the nucleus of a radioactive atom. The beta particle is produced when a neutron within the nucleus decays into a proton and an electron. Beta particles have greate...
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