Radioactive decay: Discovery, process and causes

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Radioactive decay is the strange and almost mystical ability for one element to naturally and spontaneously transmute into another one.

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"Beta radiation is an electron ejected when a proton turns into a neutron. "

It's the other way around. An electron is emitted when a neutron turns into a proton. Since a plus charge came out of nowhere, a negative charge must be generated to balance the charge.

When a proton turns into a neutron, a positron is emitted.