C = Ca
A = 20
B = 42
What happens in beta decay?
₁₉⁴²K → ⁴²₂₀Ca + ⁰₋₁e
There is an addition of one electron. The atomic number increases by one.
Positrons or electrons make up beta particles (electrons with positive electric charge, or antielectrons). In a nucleus with an excessive number of protons or neutrons, beta decay happens when one of the protons or neutrons is converted into the other. A neutron degrades into a proton, electron, and antineutrino in beta minus decay. A proton degrades into a neutron, a positron, and a neutrino in beta plus decay.
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