A significant fraction of the radiation dose you will receive during your life comes from radioactive materials
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A significant fraction of the radiation dose you will receive during your life comes from radioactive materials in your body. The most important source of this radiation is the potassium isotope 40K, which decays to the stable calcium isotope 40Ca. What particle is emitted in the decay?
A. A helium nucleus
B. A neutron
C. An electron
D. A positron
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College Physics A Strategic Approach
ISBN: 9780321595492
2nd Edition
Authors: Randall D. Knight, Brian Jones, Stuart Field
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