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How are alpha beta and gamma radiation the same?

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Alpha, Beta, and Gamma radiation are not the same. Alpha radiation emits a helium atom, Beta radiation emits a beta particle, which acts like a negative proton, and Gamma radiation emits gamma rays, which have no mass and do not by themselves change the decaying atom.

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