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Slide 31
    TEXT VERSION OF SLIDE:

    Title: Beta Decay
    Type: Text Slide
    Content:
    • No change in atomic mass; protons increase by 1.
    • Consider a neutron as a proton enbedded with an electron; net charge = 0. When the electron is ejected, a proton is "created", thus increasing the atomic number.