2007-01-23 01:29:56 · 3 answers · asked by pankaj 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Beta particles are high-energy, high-speed electrons or positrons emitted by certain types of radioactive nuclei.
The difference between electrons and beta particles is charge and energy. Beta particles can be + or -, where as electrons are only -. The energy of a electron in a atom is determined in which orbital it sits in which atom. Beta particles have energies relative to which radiactive isotope it formed fromed from.
The two are very different. Also, as noted above, beta particles are free in space (they are not bound by the protons and neutrons of an element anymore - not so with an electron).
2007-01-23 01:47:31 · answer #1 · answered by Dr Dave P 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Electrons are main particles of Beta rays.They are equal.
2007-01-23 01:39:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Electrons exist (off and on) within an atom.
Beta particles have left the atom's influence
2007-01-23 01:35:19 · answer #3 · answered by lunatic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋