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Alpha Particles; Beta Particles; Neutrons; Gamma Rays; Protons; Electrons; Neutrinos

Alpha Particle
  • An Alpha Particle is a helium nucleus 4
    2    He2+
     with a plus 2 charge.

 

Beta Particle
  • A Beta Particle is a high speed; high energy electron. It is designated by the Greek Letter beta (ß). And the Beta Particle, also known as a 'negatron emission' and is indistinguishable from an ordinary electron, represented by: 0
    -1    e

Ordinary Orbital Electron
  • An orbital electron is represented by 0
    -1    e

Positron
  • A positron is a beta particle whose charge is positive, contrasted to a negatively charged beta particle by 0
    +1    e

Proton
  • A proton is represented by the following symbol and this symbol indicates that it is the nucleus of a hydrogen atom with an atomic number of one and a mass number of one. +1
    +1    H.

Neutron
  • A neutron is a neutral particle residing in the nucleus of an atom.0
    +1    n

     

Neutrino
  • A neutron is also a neutral particle, which has no electrical charge and has a vanishing small mass. It occurs when beta radiation is emitted with a proton as a neutron is broken down (decayed) from the nucleus of an atom. Its symbol is v.