Consider a sample of a pure beta-active material.
Since an electron and an antineutrino are emitted from a pure beta-active material, these particles do not have same energy due to their different masses. The beta particles are ejected when a neutron is converted into a proton and thus we can’t say that beta particles were already present in the nucleus. The mass of antineutrino is unknown. Hence, Option A, B and C are not correct. Nuclei with same mass number but different atomic number are called isobars. The beta decay process is
. It is prevalent that,
(Before beta decay) while
(after beta decay). Thus we say that the active nucleus changes to one of its isobars after the beta decay.