

Nuclei with Z > 82 Z > 82 are unstable and decay naturally. In γ γ decay, neither the atomic number nor the mass number changes, so the type of nucleus does not change.

Where the asterisk (*) on the nucleus indicates an excited state. According to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle in Quantum Mechanics, the uncertainty of the momentum of the electron is: To obtain a rough estimate of the escape energy, consider a simplified model of an electron trapped in a box (or in the terminology of quantum mechanics, a one-dimensional square well) that has the width of a typical nucleus ( 10 −14 m 10 −14 m). How does β β decay occur? A possible explanation is the electron (positron) is confined to the nucleus prior to the decay and somehow escapes. For this reason, a positron is sometimes called an antielectron. A positron has the same mass as the electron, but its charge is + e + e.

In most β β particle decays (or beta decay), either an electron ( β − β −) or positron ( β + β +) is emitted by a nucleus. The 235 U 235 U nucleus can be left in an excited state to later emit photons ( γ γ rays). The energy carried away by the recoil of the 235 U 235 U nucleus is much smaller due to its relatively large mass. Most of this energy becomes kinetic energy of the α α particle (or 4 He 4 He nucleus), which moves away at high speed. The energy released in this α α decay is in the MeV range, many times greater than chemical reaction energies.

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