What happens to a radioisotope when it undergoes nuclear decay



When a radioisotope under a nuclear decay , the nucleus changes , when the an alpha decay occur the nucleus lost two proton and two neutron, the  atomic number and mass of  the subsequent atom will be less by 2 protons and 4 by mass.
 When a radioisotope under an electron capture, positron decay  , a proton changes to neutron, the total number of proton changes while the atom mass remain unchanged. The daughter atom created will less in atomic by one.
While a beta minus decay will change a neutron into proton , increase the number of proton by one while reducing the total number of neutron by one. Though atomic mass does change. The daughter atom created is will greater in atomic number by one.

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