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Conservation of
Nucleon Number
In this video
Paul Andersen explains how the nucleon number and charge is conserved in all nuclear reactions and radioactive decay.
Fission, fusion, alpha decay, beta decay, and gamma decay all conserve the number of neutrons and protons, as well as charge.
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Music Attribution
Title:
String Theory
Artist:
Herman Jolly
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———. A Diagram Showing Beta-Minus
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- published: 15 Apr 2015
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