Chapter 30 Nuclear Physics

SmartBoard Pre-Lecture Notes for Chapter 30

Chapter 30 Glencoe

CP2 Syllabus

Chapter 30 Homework

Chapter Outline:

 

30.1 The Nucleus (pg.799)

• Properties of the nucleus
• Mass numbers: size
• The strong nuclear force
• Binding energy

30.2 Nuclear Decay (pg.806)

• Radioactive decay
• Nuclear reactions and equations
• Alpha decay
• Beta decay
• Gamma decay
• Half-life
• Fission and fusion

30.3 The Building Blocks of Matter (pg.815)

• Linear accelerators
• Synchrotrons
• Particle detectors
• Matter and anti-matter
• Elemental particles

String Theory