Electron Capture (check out 2:35) - A Level Physics

Some isotopes have too many protons to be stable. Some decay by beta plus emission - but they can also decay when a proton captures an electron from the inner shell (the K-shell) to become a neutron.

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[azmathchoudhury]

literally need this for 9 hours time thanks!!

[Pablo-gxus]

literally need this for 10 hiurs time thanks!!

[Tutorialz]

Please could you create a video on electron-proton collisions?

[Notnd_]

when using the elements why didnt u consider conserving charge and baryon number on both sides?

[melodychan]

Can you please draw a Feynman diagram for the last example of carbon decay into boron.

[kamal]

bit confused
in the textbook, it says that the electron changes into a neutrino and not an electron neutrino

[maxhickman]

how can a proton just turn into a neutron?