Use conservation of mass-energy to show that the energy released in + decay is positive whenever the

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Use conservation of mass-energy to show that the energy released in β+ decay is positive whenever the neutral atomic mass of the original atom is at least two electron masses greater than that of the final atom. (See the hint in Problem 43.49.)
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Fundamentals of Physics

ISBN: 978-1118230725

10th Extended edition

Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick

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