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← ScienceWhich consequence primarily results when a Potassium-40 nuclide within igneous rock undergoes beta decay?
A)Formation of Argon-40 increases✓
B)Radiative heat flux decreases
C)Material density uniformly decreases
D)Seismic wave velocity decreases
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Argon-40 is formed because Potassium-40 undergoes beta decay transforming a neutron into a proton via electron emission through nuclide transmutation. Therefore Argon-40 abundance increases, rather than heat fluctuating, and density or wave parameters changing since that involves mechanical changes.
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