what is the daughter nucleus produced when 79kr undergoes positron emission?




krypton has an atomic mass of 79 and an atomic number of 36, when it undergo a positron decay , one of its proton decayed into a neutron, positron and an electron neutrino. the number of protons decrease by one and so the atomic number reduces by one, therefore the new atom will have an atomic number of 35  while the atomic mass remain constant because the total number of nucleon does not change.
the daughter nucleus will be bromine with atomic mass of 79 and a chemical symbol of Br.

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