Question

The process n01 → p11 + β−10 n 0 1 → p 1 1 + β - 1 0 represents a(n) _____.

alpha decay


beta decay


electron capture


fusion

Answer 1

• beta decay

Step-by-step explanation:

The process is represented by the nuclear equation:

• 
  `^1_0n` →
  `^1_1p+^0_(-1)\beta`

Where:

• n represents a neutron,
• p represents a proton, and
• β represents an electron.

The superscripts to the leff of each symbol is the mass number (number of protons and neutrons), and the subscript to the left means the atomic number (number of protons).

Then, in this process a neutron is being transformed into a proton by the emssion of an electron (from inside the nucleus of the atom).

This electron is named beta (β) particle, and the process is called beta decay, because the neutron is changing into other subatomic particles.