Compare and contrast types
of radioactive decay involving alpha
particles, beta particles,
and gamma radiation.
Alpha , beta
and gamma radioactive decay involves the spontaneous disintegration or decay of
radioactive isotopes, they all involve the transmutation of the atoms except
gamma decay.
when an atom undergo an alpha decay it mass
reduces by four while atomic number decreases by two, a new atom with different
chemical and nuclear property from the parent atom is formed. The atom that
undergo this type of decay drop two position on the periodic table.
Beta decay, when
an tom under this type of decay it mass as well as it atomic number increases,
in beta decay a neutron split into an electrons and a proton, the atomic number
rises and the element rise one position on the periodic table.
while a gamma radioactive decay does not
involve nuclear transmutations, and no loss or gain of mass in the process. It
is mostly accompanied after a beta or gamma decay.
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