Does Carbon 14 form nitrogen-14 by alpha, beta, gamma or electron decay?

Answer 1

By beta as follows C 14,6---> N 14,7 + beta

when you loose one electron a neutron of the nucleus gives a proton rising atomic number of one unit

Answer 2

Carbon-14 Forms Nitrogen-14 By

Answer 3

It is beta decay, and specifically it is beta-minus decay (as opposed to beta-plus decay).

Carbon 14 has 6 protons and 8 neutrons, which is not a very stable configuration. The atom tends toward stability, and in order to accomplish this one of the neutrons in the nucleus becomes a proton (so you have 7 protons and 7 neutrons). During this process, an electron and antineutrino are formed as well.

Because the number of protons changes, the atom turns into a different element (i.e. nitrogen instead of carbon).

Answer 4

Beta radiation, which is the emission of an electron from the nucleus. This converts a neutron into a proton, increasing the element number by one, from carbon (element number 6) to nitrogen (element number 7), while keeping the atomic mass (number of protons and neutrons combined) constant.

Answer 5

I'm not sure what you mean. You need to give more details. The only relation I know about alpha, beta, and gamma radiation in terms of nuclear physics are the three types of radiation. Namely alpha radiation (a helium nucleus being radiated), beta radiation (electrons being radiated), gamma radiation (photon being radiated). Other than that, I don't know what you mean.