biggyofmt t1_jckgdij wrote on March 17, 2023 at 2:14 PM

Reply to comment by prz3124 in No. 15 Princeton shocks No. 2 Arizona with come-from-behind upset by okgusto

Did that too, but only because I went there. What's your excuse?

biggyofmt t1_j4qn9ek wrote on January 17, 2023 at 4:20 PM

Reply to comment by TerjiD in If nuclear fission in U-235 causes the atom to be split into 2 smaller atoms (such as Kr-92 and Ba-141) then how is it that U-236 is produced as waste since the U-235 was just split into smaller peices? by Ian98766

This type of decay is known as Beta minus decay. A beta minus particle (aka an electron) and a photon are emitted from the nucleus. This has the effect of raising the atomic number by one, as a neutron was converted to a proton. It is still decay because particles were emitted from the nucleus