Key term for Edexcel GCSE Physics, used in Decay and Equations.
The release of a single neutron (¹₀n) from an unstable nucleus, which reduces the mass number by 1 but leaves the atomic number unchanged.
Neutron emission appears in Edexcel GCSE Physics revision content for Radioactivity, especially Decay and Equations and Balancing Nuclear Equations.
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