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Which type of radioactive decay occurs in the following reaction?

Which type of radioactive decay occurs in the following reaction?-example-1

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This one is beta decay (the -1 subscript tells us that)
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Answer:

Beta emission

Step-by-step explanation:

Since in beta emission (-1e^0) atomic number increases by one unit without changing the mass number.

Here mass number increased from 53 to 54 by the emission of beta particle.

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