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How is it possible for an element to decay “forward in the

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How is it possible for an element to decay “forward in the periodic table”—that is, to decay to an element with a higher atomic number?

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How is it possible for an element to decay “forward in the periodic table”—that is, to decay to an element with a higher atomic number?

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One neutron is transformed to one electron and proton in a process known as beta decay.

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