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Concept Introduction:
Nuclear reaction can be represented in short form as nuclear equation. This is different from chemical equation in the sense that nuclear equation considers the mass number and
Positron emission is the one where a positron is emitted resulting in formation of nucleus that has no change in mass number but atomic number is reduced by 1.
Electron capture is the one where the electron is captured by the nuclei resulting in the formation of nucleus that has no change in mass number but atomic number is reduced by 1.
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