(a) Under what circumstances does a nucleus emit an electron? A positron? (b) The oxygen nuclei 14...

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(a) Under what circumstances does a nucleus emit an electron? A positron?

(b) The oxygen nuclei 14 8 O and 198 O both undergo beta decay to become stable nuclei.

Which would you expect to emit a positron and which an electron?

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The Physical Universe

ISBN: 978-0077862619

16th edition

Authors: Konrad B Krauskopf, Arthur Beiser

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