what is the daughter nucleus produced when 50mn undergoes positron emission





manganese has an atomic mass of 50 and an atomic number of 25, 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 24  while the atomic mass remain constant because the total number of nucleon does not change. a new atom called the daughter nucleus is formed called chromium.

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