Physics GCSE
Beta emission
What Beta emission means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Beta emission
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Reference: OCR
A fast electron created when a neutron changes into a proton leaves the mass number the same while the proton number rises by 1, increasing the positive charge.
Topics that use Beta emission
- Radioactive emissions (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Absorbing materials
- Alpha emission
- conservation of charge
- conservation of mass number
- Conventional nuclear notation
- Electron energy levels
- Emission and absorption of electromagnetic radiation
- Half-life
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