For elements with low atomic numbers, the Auger process competes with the fluorescence that is characteristic of this process.
For elements with low atomic numbers, the Auger process competes with the fluorescence that is characteristic of this process. Potassium-argon dating methods are valuable since all of the argon arises from potassium by this radioactive transition rather than chemically. The lighter isotopes of transition metals, such as silver-105, tend to decay by this process. Positron emission competes with this process, which results in neutron and a neutrino, the latter of which gets ejected. Despite the change in atomic number, the total number of nucleons is conserved. For 10 points, name this process that sees the nucleus taking a namesake negatively charged particle from the K shell.
For elements with low atomic numbers, the Auger process competes with the fluorescence that is characteristic of this process.
electron capture [prompt on K-capture]