Physics GCSE
identifying the emitted particle
What identifying the emitted particle means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Running the same method backwards: if the atomic number rose by one and the mass number held still, the decay was beta.
Topics that use identifying the emitted particle
- Nuclear equations (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- balanced nuclear equations
- balancing equations
- beta decay
- conservation of charge
- conservation of mass number
- emitted particle numbers
- increased atomic number
- loss of energy
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