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High School How can carbon-14 gain a proton without losing an electron when decaying to nitrogen-14?
When one of the carbon's neutrons decays into a proton and a high-energy electron that is emitted as a beta particle, that leaves a nitrogen atom of 7 protons, 7 neutrons and 6 electrons by my reckoning. Where does the 7th electron come from? All answers will be gratefully received. Thanks!- sureshkumar b46
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High School How can carbon-14 gain a proton without losing an electron when decaying to nitrogen-14?
How Carbon-14 effectively gains a proton but no electrons when decaying to Nitrogen-14...?- sureshkumar b46
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