Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Fundamental particles

Fundamental particles — practice question

A nucleus of carbon-10, $^{10}_{6}\text{C}$, undergoes beta-emission and is transformed into a nucleus of boron-10, $^{10}_{5}\text{B}$. For this decay process, what change happens to a nucleon, and how does the quark composition of the nucleon change?

  • Aproton to neutron, down becomes up
  • Bproton to neutron, up becomes down
  • Cneutron to proton, down becomes up
  • Dneutron to proton, up becomes down

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