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unusual facts about Beta decay


Beta decay

A Kurie plot (also known as a Fermi–Kurie plot) is a graph used in studying beta decay developed by Franz N. D. Kurie, in which the square root of the number of beta particles whose momenta (or energy) lie within a certain narrow range, divided by the Fermi function, is plotted against beta-particle energy.


Isotopes of potassium

Alternately, and most of the time (89.28%), it decays to stable beta decay.

Neutron capture nucleosynthesis

S-process describes neutron capture that is slow relative to the rate of beta decay, as for stellar nucleosynthesis in some stars, and yields nuclei with stable nuclear shells.


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