From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Mon Nov 09 1998 - 19:08:47 MST
> Spike Jones wrote: ...when C14 undergoes beta decay, the
> > remainder is a nitrogen atom. looks like the dna chain would
> > be broken there. would the cell then be dead?...
> Peter Passaro wrote: As to whether it breaks the chain, that is dependent
> on
> the trajectory of the electron emitted by the decay. ...
why is that peter? the carbon atom emitting the electron
becomes a nitrogen, so the compound must change
chemically. i dont see what difference the beta decay
electron trajectory makes. (?) spike
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