The usual radioactive decay, thebetadecay, is the best-known example of a so-called weak interaction.
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Er, is electron capture, and the primary mode after isbetadecay.
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U-239 rapidly undergoesbetadecayto form neptunium-239, which rapidly undergoes a secondbetadecayto form plutonium-239.
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The gadolinium quickly captured the neutrons produced in the inversebetadecay.
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Ag, is electron capture and the primary mode after isbetadecay.
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The electrostatic force is almost always significant, and, in the case ofbetadecay, the weak nuclear force is also involved.
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Potassium-40 is a rare example of an isotope that undergoes all three types ofbetadecay.
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This is in apparent contradiction to the law of conservation of energy, as it appeared that energy was lost in thebetadecayprocess.
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He suggests that this neutron is also emitted duringbetadecayand has simply not yet been observed.
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He, or more often wait for thebetadecay.
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This was in apparent contradiction to the law of conservation of energy, as it appeared that energy was lost in thebetadecayprocess.
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There are two subtypes ofbetadecay: "beta minus" and "beta plus".
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For example, the interaction of charged particles takes place through the mediation of electromagnetic fields, whereasbetadecayoccurs by means of the weak interaction.
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All odd mass numbers have only onebetadecaystable nuclide.
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These events could include dark matter, low energy solar neutrinos, doublebetadecayor rare radioactive decay.
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