What are the different types of radioactive decay?
The forms of radioactive decay and other associated processes are as follows: Decays – • Beta – positive and negatively charged particles that are mass equivalent to electrons that are given off from the nucleus • Alpha – the emission of a particle made up of two neutrons and two protons, but no electrons, so it has a mass of four amu and a charge of -2 • Isomeric transition – a metastable isotope gives off some energy in the form a photon.
