Beta pairticle
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Alpha radiation consists o helium nuclei an is readily stappit bi a sheet o paper. Beta radiation, conseestin o electrons or positrons, is hautit bi an aluminum plate. Gamma radiation is stappit bi leid.
Beta pairticles are heich-energy, heich-speed electrons or positrons emittit bi certaint teeps o radioactive nuclei sic as potassium-40. The beta pairticles emittit are a furm o ionisin radiation, forby kent as beta rays. The production o beta pairticles is termed beta decay. Thay are designatit bi the Greek letter beta (β). Thare are twa furms o beta decay, β− an β+, which respectively gie rise tae the electron an the positron.[1]
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- ↑ "Beta Decay". Lbl.gov. 9 August 2000. Archived frae the original on 3 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
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