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What happens to the mass number and the atomic number of the original radioactive unstable element when it undergoes beta decay
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What happens to the mass number and the atomic number of the original radioactive unstable element when it undergoes beta decay

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Atomic Mass remains constant

Atomic no. increases or decreases by 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Due to emission of positive beta atomic no. decreases by 1

Due to emission of negative beta atomic no. increases by 1

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