Beta Decay

[@armaniisgucci]

I'm glad he doesn't teach in a way where he assumes that the person watching his video watched all his previous ones before this. I like how he constantly gives an explanation on isotope notation in every video. This is how I get confused in class...when my teacher assumes we learned something in our previous years and we didn't and it's a whole mess because they continue with the lesson based off of basic stuff that we technically should know but we don't.

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Leaa Malonie that’s good and all but it’s also annoying when I already know most of the basics and just want to get to the harder stuff

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That happens to me in IC technology. In 8th grade by the way.

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@@aubreyrogers5264 Your failing assumption is that it could not at all be the teacher's fault. Often times it can be. And they're not even doing that. Teachers don't tell higher level teachers what they have taught their kids, so you can't learn you don't have foundation for. Also it's the teacher's job to cater to their failing students, because the "smarter" kids can wait, and they do learn stuff, they just have to wait. It isn't always about how much a kid studies, but their ability to understand, which isn't made equally. And stop prizing "smarter" kids as better and more worth your time, it's a terrible mentality. My 8th grade teacher had that mentality and my grades dropped. No one is dumbing down anything, the thing is you aren't the only kid in the class.

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I couldn't wrap my head around beta decay until seeing this video, amazing!

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The first 2 minutes of this video already made me understand a lot about Beta Decay. Thank you very much, you explained that really well and so clear. Thank you sooo much. I'm so prepared for my Report about Radioactive Decay now :D

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Why did a stable atom IRON which has number of neutron equal to the number of proton decay its neutron to become an unstable cobalt atom??? At 9:38

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My attempt at explaining why a neutron turns into a proton, a neutron is slightly more massive than a proton due to it's 3rd quark being down not up like in a proton, U-D-D

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I was struggling so much with decay, this makes me understand so much more

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[@nk182]

I got one question here. When a neutron turns into a proton and a beta particle is shot off, this changes the element to a different one, but it is a Positive Ion of that new element (given the Isotope that decayed was electrically neutral). Does this mean, that the newly formed Ion will be looking to then attract an extra electron to cancel off its positive charge or not necessarily? Cheers.

[@tdewitt451]

That's a great question. You're totally right that it will now have an imbalance of protons and electrons and will become and ion. However, atoms can gain and lose electrons really quickly and really easily (in most circumstances), so when we write the equation for this kind of decay (and decay in general), we tend not to worry about whether the atom becomes an ion or not, mostly because its charge can change so quickly.

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[@kevinmcmillian7922]

Please explain why a valence electron is gained. For example when going from Phosphorus to Sulfur you also go from 5 valence electrons to 6.

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[@nmkadhim]

Here's my question, though: the neutron turns into a proton and an electron which is ejected from the carbon atom. Wouldn't that leave the resulting nitrogen atom with a positive charge? Because originally, carbon had only 6 electrons, and from what I understand, that doesn't change in B- decay.

[@xdeathbringerr220]

Yeah, shouldn't there be a sort of conservation of the amount of charges?

[@NieceyWeesey]

Nouri Al-Kadhim I think it's still stable even with a positive charge because its more about the stability of the nucleus rather than the whole atom but don't take my word for it.

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[@ArunWadhwa]

[QUESTION] Really thanks bro, you helped me a lot. I'm gonna continue and watch about Beta Positron, but I got one more question here. Why actually would an element want to undergo Beta Decay. I know you have already told that, but in my textbooks I found one more thing contrary to the thing you said. I usually follow up Halliday, Resnick Walker- Fundamentals of Physics, and SL Arora - Physics Simplified (A book available in the Indian subcontinent- South Asia), in that it is written that all elements with more atomic number usually have more neutrons to balance out the proton-proton repulsion (aka coulombic repulsion) and that's how they make themselves more stable. So if more neutrons are present to balance out the proton repulsion, then why would a neutron wanna undergo Beta decay and form a proton knowing that it'd only increase the repulsion? Also, in nuclidic chart(Segre Chart) too, all stable elements with low atomic number tend to lie in a straight line which states that an element is most stable when no. of protons = no. of neutrons, then why would they want to undergo decay? Sorry for the trouble, and thanks in advance.

[@axelmann9154]

The reason for beta decay is to become more stable. In the nucleus there are two forces, the proton-proton repulsion as you said, and strong nuclear force which hold the particles together. When these two forces are balanced, the atom is stable, therefore no decay occurs. But when we get things like isotopes, where there are more or less neutrons but the same amount of protons, this balance of forces is unbalanced, therefore the atom is unstable. A neutron would want to become a proton because there is too much strong nuclear force and not enough proton-proton repulsion. Basically, beta decay occurs in isotopes.

[@ArunWadhwa]

Axel Mann Oh ok! Thanks man, that really helped!

[@avaborch-solem2300]

Axel Mann I don't disagree with the core message of your comment, but implying all isotopes are unstable is incorrect. All versions of an atom are isotopes, including those with an exact division between neutrons and protons. What you're thinking about are unstable isotopes.

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[@Ignisan_66]

You forgot about antineutrino. Antineutrino is emitted during every beta decay, cause when matter is created (electron) an antimatter must also be created (antineutrino) to keep the symmetry. The opposite happens during beta+ decay, (positron and neutrino).

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In Beta decay when extra electron is produced as beta particle then is there Change in atomic charge ???the atom would not remain happy as it would gain a positive charge. please answer this question quickly it's a very kind request

[@hello123s]

Will we get a +vely charged atom of nitrogen in the first example? As there were 6 electrons in the beginning and 1 got knocked off that went scampering out of the atom. So, now we have 5 electrons and 7 protons and 7 neutrons. That's a nitrogen atom, but N^+2

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Hi sir. You're considering only the number of protons but what about number of electrons.(in beta decay).please clear my doubt

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An antineutrino is a anti-matter subatomic particle that is emmited in beta decays. The majority of people doesn't write it down because it is chargeless and it has no influence in the process Hope that's helpful :)

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I get the concept, but have a question. As we saw in Carbon, when the difference between the atomic mass and the atomic number is 2, Beta decay takes place and makes a stable Nitrogen element. But, what if the difference is more than 2, let's say 18, as is seen in some of the larger elements. What would the total process look like then? Thanks for the awesome video.

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Sir , You have very well explained alpha decay and beta decay . It is my request you to please upload a video on gamma decay as well

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Just a question that drives me crazy: Right after the beta decay happens to the 14C that turns in to 14N... ...the logical consequence is that the 14N must become "+1" positive charged, because the beta particle is emitted and there are no additional electrons that e.g. initiated the beta decay(as I know it's a sponatneous reaction). Why is this not notated anywhere?

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A neutron is converted into a electron and proton the electron (which is emmited) as you said in nucleus 1neutron is replaced by proton(that's why mass no. Remain same).so where does the charge of the proton goes?

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Should Nitrogen be unstable and it will do a positron decay?

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This has been of great use. Actually I've watched both of your videos on both alpha and beta decay. But I still wonder what should I consider to know that it will undergo a beta or alpha Decay?

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How the new atom manages the electron numbers in B -decay? Thanks

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what happens at the charge of the atom????

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It becomes another Element

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Is this beta positive or beta negative? (it's for my science assessment about isotopes :)

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