What Is The Difference Between Potassium-40 And Calcium 40?

The decay channel for potassium-40 is open in two places. The remarkable attribute of potassium 40 is that it may decay into two distinct nuclei. In 89 percent of instances, beta-negative decay will lead to calcium 40, and in 11 percent of instances, argon 40 will be created via electron capture followed by gamma emission with an energy of 1.46 MeV.