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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

How is the electron capture in the nucleus of an atom even possible? Explain the possibility of such phenomena.

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7 Years agoGrade 12
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Electron capture (K-electron capture, also K-capture, or L-electron capture, L-capture) is a process in which the proton-rich nucleus of an electrically neutral atom absorbs an inner atomic electron, usually from the K or L electron shell. This process thereby changes a nuclear proton to a neutron and simultaneously causes the emission of an electron neutrino.