What will the uranium-237 nucleus turn into as a result of beta decay?

What will the uranium-237 nucleus turn into as a result of beta decay? What is the mass number of the new item? Is there a shift left or right in the periodic table?

Beta decay of a nucleus is the formation of an electron and a new atom. An electron has a negative (-1) charge and has no mass. As a result of beta decay, an atom is formed with almost the same mass and the charge of the nucleus is greater by 1. Therefore, if the decay undergoes 23792U, the result is an element with a charge of 92 + 1 = 93.

According to the periodic table, there is only one element that can have a charge equal to 93, this element is neptunium (denoted by Np). Therefore, you can write down the reaction:

23792U → 23793Np + 0-1e.



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