Chapter 30 Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity

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Chapter Outline:

 

30-1  Structure and Properties of the Nucleus (pg. 835)

• Nucleons
• Atomic mass number
• Isotopes
• Unified atomic mass units

30-2  Binding Energy and Nuclear Forces (pg. 838)

• Total binding energy
• Average binding energy per nucleon vs. # of nucleons
• Strong nuclear force
• Neutron number vs. proton number
• Weak nuclear force

30-3  Radioactivity (pg. 841)   RE: Radioactive Decay

• Discovery of radioactivity: Marie Curie

30-4  Alpha Decay (pg. 842)

• Transmutation: overcoming the strong nuclear force
• Disintegration energy
• Application: the smoke detector

30-5  Beta Decay (pg. 845)

• Emitted e^- from the nucleus
• The neutrino: conservation of angular momentum

30-6  Gamma Decay (pg. 847)

• Internal conversion

Radioactivity Lab  RE: Lab Information

30-7  Conservation Laws (pg. 848)

• The law of conservation of nucleon number

30-8  Half-Life and Rate of Decay (pg. 848)   RE: Half-Life

• Decay constant of proportionality
• Radioactive decay law
• Activity
• Half-life

30-9 Calculations of Decay and Half-Life (pg. 850)

• Calculating sample activity

30-10 Decay Series (pg. 852)

• Successive decays: the decay series   RE: Decay Series

30-11 Radioactive Dating (pg. 853)

• Carbon-14 dating: limitations
• U²³⁸₉₂ dating