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| Hmm what are the 3 types of radiation? I know alpha and beta but i know there is one more. | |
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| Gamma you dummy. Thats the third radiation. Alpha is the emission is the decay of very heavy nuclei. It causes the atomic humber to decrease by 2 and the mass number by 4. | |
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| Oh thats right . What about beta radiation? Isnt that the loss of an electron? | |
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| Yes but thats not it. Its the loss of a nuetron but it converts into a proton and electron. The proton stays but the electron is lost. Beta emission is the conversion of one nuetron into a proton. | |
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| Oh yeah now i remember in beta radiation the atomic number increases by 1 while the mass number stays the same. | |
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| Gamma emission usually happens right after some other type of decay. Gamma radiation depends on which other type of radiaton it wants to be. It can be alpha or beta radiation. | |
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