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gkangelexa
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Beta decay is when a neutron creates a proton and an electron and the electron is then expelled, right?
So I was wondering, why would the new atom formed not be an ion?
If the neutron became a proton, the mass number should stay the same, and the atomic number should increase by 1 since there is an extra proton now... but there is an extra proton without an extra electron, so shouldn't that make an ion?
(since the charges don't add up)
So I was wondering, why would the new atom formed not be an ion?
If the neutron became a proton, the mass number should stay the same, and the atomic number should increase by 1 since there is an extra proton now... but there is an extra proton without an extra electron, so shouldn't that make an ion?
(since the charges don't add up)