Explain why the overall charge of the nucleus is increased by +1 during the $\beta$ decay process.

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This is College Physics Answers with Shaun Dychko. During the β-decay process, a neutron turns into a proton in the nucleus and the electron is emitted, it's also called a β-particle but the additional plus 1 charge in the nucleus is resulting from the fact the the neutron turned into a proton.