A certain radioactive nucleus emits a particle that leaves it's mass number unchanged, but increases it's atomic number by one. Identify the particle and write it's symbol.
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A certain radioactive nucleus emits a particle that leaves it's mass number unchanged, but increases it's atomic number by one. Identify the particle and write it's symbol.

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A β particle leaves it's mass number unchanged, but increases it's atomic number by one. The symbol of β particle is given by or .

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A certain radioactive nucleus emits a particle that leaves it's mass number unchanged, but increases it's atomic number by one. Identify the particle and write it's symbol.

Radioactivity

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