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Daniel Roberts
12 April, 09:07
How does beta decay affect the atomic number?
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Samantha Bartlett
12 April, 12:15
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The atomic mass number does not change because a beta particle has a much smaller mass than the atom. The atomic number goes up because a neutron has turned into an extra proton. Beta decay is fundamentally different from alpha decay. An alpha particle is made of two protons and two neutrons.
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