during beta decay why electron is emitted from nucleus.
since nucleus is composed of only protons and neutrons how an electron takes birth in nucleus during decay processes.
in the case of beta decay..a neutron is transferred to an electron and a proton and an anti neutrino...
neutron is charge less and electron is a charged quantity. but how can an neutron transfer into electron. I mean a charge less quantity in to charged one.
a neutron has no charge..and electron and proton have same charge in magnitude but different signs... neutron(no charge)\(\rightarrow \) proton(+ve charge)+electron(-ve charge) so charge is balanced in both sides...
thats why after a beta emission the number of proton in radioactive atom is increased by one
Artificially can we combine proton and electron to make neutron ?
some times during radio ionization a proton absorbs electron and transforms in to neutron. can we cause this type of effect artificially.
sorry i have no clue about it....
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