beta particle

An elementary particle emitted from a nucleus during radioactive decay. It has a single electrical charge and a mass equal to 1/1837 that of a proton. A negatively charged beta particle is physically identical to an electron. If the beta particle is positively charged, it is called a positron. Lyman
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