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AQA
3.8 Nuclear Physics
Building on the previous work on particles and radiation, this section looks at nuclear power, unstable nuclei and mass-energy equivalence.
Learning Checklist
3.8.1 Radioactivity
Alpha Scattering
1
Rutherford’s experiment
Radioactive Decay
5
Nature and measurement
The NZ Chart
2
Proton-neutron relationships
Carbon Dating
1
Measuring age from carbon decay
Fusion
2
Joining light nuclei
Radiation
7
Types, sources, and penetration
Exponential Decay
3
Deriving the exponential decay function
Einstein's Equation
2
The most famous equation of all time
Fission
2
Splitting heavy nuclei
The GM Tube
1
How it detects radiation
Practical Experiments
Practical - Gamma
1
Using ionising radiation safely
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