23491pa undergoes beta decay. what is the mass number of the resulting element?

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Dempsey

8 May, 05:30

23491pa undergoes beta decay. what is the mass number of the resulting element?

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Ryland Villanueva · Answer 1

Answer is: mass number is 234.

Beta decay is radioactive decay in which a beta ray and a neutrino are emitted from an atomic nucleus.

There are two types of beta decay: beta minus and beta plus. In beta minus decay, neutron is converted to a proton and an electron and an electron antineutrino and in beta plus decay, a proton is converted to a neutron and positron and an electron neutrino, so mass number does not change.