Summary Edexcel A Level Physics Student Book 2 - Unit 11 - Nuclear Radiation
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Unit 11 - Nuclear Radiation
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Edexcel A Level Physics Student Book 2
Comprehensive revision notes on Nuclear Radiation from the Edexcel Physics A Level syllabus from an A* student in the 23/24 exam cycle. Complete with labelled diagrams and thoroughly fact checked and up to date.
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Nuclear Radiation
, ① Definitions
·
Nucleon : This is a
protoe or a neutron in a nucleus
·
Atomic number : Number of
protons in an atom
·
Massemmber : Number of nucleous in an atom
·
Isotope : This is a variation of an element with the same number of protons but
a different number of
neutrons .
Background radiation Naturally radiation found all around
·
us :
:
occuring
corrected Cout = Total count raid-background count
② Nuclear Binding Energy
·
Mass and are
interchangeable and related by :
energy
E =
eneg
E = mc m = mass
C"= speed of light squared
When the mass of nucleus and the of its constituents
measuring
·
a mass ,
the mass of the nucleus will always be lower and this difference is
known as the mass deficit . This mass is converted into
energy and released
.
The
binding energy required
·
of nucleus the to
energy
a is
separate the
nucleus into its constituent nucleous /or the
energy
released when tucleous join to form a
nucleus) -
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