Question

Sodium undergoes beta decay and becomes magnesium, write an equation. please help...

Answer 1

Remark

There are 2 kinds of Beta Decay. This one is an example of a neutron becomes a proton and the emitted particle is an electron.

`_(11)^(23)\text{Na}\longrightarrow_(12)^(23)\text{Mg}+_(-1)^( 0)\text{1e-}`