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The electrons emitted by b-decay do not always have the same kinetic energy, unlike the particles emitted in a-decay. CERN is the birthplace of the World-Wide Web. The splitting of a heavy nucleus into two roughly equal parts (which are nuclei of lighter elements), accompanied by the release of a relatively large amount of energy in the form of kinetic energy of the two parts and in the form of emission of neutrons and gamma rays. Thankfully this isn’t the case, particles follow specific rules and once you known them everything gets a lot easier.

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