Nuclide notation

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Chapter 18

• Nuclide notation
• Z atomic number A mass number

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• Types of radioactive decay
• Alpha particle helium nucleus

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• Beta particle high energy electron

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• Gamma ray just a packet of energy

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• Positron production similar to electron
• Electron capture inner-orbital electron

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• Radioactive decay is a 1st order rate system