Can Beta and Alpha Decay Occur From the Same Nucleous?
Most recent answer: 10/16/2014
Q:
do alpha beta and gamma rays come from the same element?
- MUBASHIR AWAN (age 19)
KARACHI(PAKISTAN)
- MUBASHIR AWAN (age 19)
KARACHI(PAKISTAN)
A:
Hello MUBASHIR AWAN,
Most radioactive nuclei decay by either one or the other process. The dominant one is determined by available energy and phase space. A few odd nuclei have both processes about equal. For example
212Bi will beta decay into 212Po 64% of the time and 208Tl 36% of the time.
LeeH
(published on 10/16/2014)