What is the product of the beta decay of polonium-210?

Question

What is the product of the beta decay of polonium-210?

Answer 1

In beta decay, a neutron changes to a proton and electron pair, and the electron is emitted as the "beta particle."

 

So by gaining a proton, the atomic number goes up, but the mass stays the same.

 

Po is atomic number 84.  Atomic number 85 is Astatine.  So the answer is:

 

The product is Astatine-210 plus the emission of an electron.