Nuclear Physics I
These quantities are the same.
What are energy and mass?
The joining of smaller nuclei to make a large nucleus and energy.
What is nuclear fusion?
This process occurs in the Sun.
What is nuclear fusion?
This element has the most stable nucleon number.
What is iron?
The breaking of a large nuclei into smaller nuclei and energy.
What is nuclear fission?
This is the nucleon number.
What is the number of protons and neutrons?
This process occurs in nuclear reactors.
What is nuclear fission.
This thing has the same atomic number (proton number) but differing nucleon numbers (mass numbers)
What is an isotope?
A neutron fired at the nucleus.
What causes induced fission, the process via which a fission reaction can be made to occur instantaneously?
High temperature, pressure and density.
What are the necessary conditions for nuclear fusion?
This is the force which holds the nucleons in the nucleus together.
What is the strong nuclear force?
These nuclei will undergo fission.
What are nuclei with an A value heavier than iron's?
The difference between the mass of the reactants and the products.
What is the mass defect?
Through the kinetic energy of products, or photons.
How is energy released during fission or fusion reactions?
Less than ~1015m.
At what range in the strong nuclear force non-negligible?
The definition of binding energy.
What is the amount of energy required to break a nucleus into protons and neutrons.
Nucleon Number (or mass number) - Proton Number (or atomic number).
How do I calculate the number of neutrons in the nucleus?
When the products are more stable than the reactants.
When will nuclear decay occur?
The strong Nuclear Force has no effect on this particle.
What is an electron?
This is achieved by having a higher ratio of neutrons to protons for heavier elements.
How does a large nucleus provide more attractive strong nuclear force to balance repulsive electromagnetic force?