CK-12-Physics - Intermediate

24.3. Uncertainty Principle http://www.ck12.org FIGURE 24.9 Light coming through a single slit, treated as a wave. Similarly, th ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 24. Atomic Physics FIGURE 24.10 Treating light as an uncertain particle. http://www.youtube.com/watc ...

24.3. Uncertainty Principle http://www.ck12.org The uncertainty in the position of the electron is nearly 1,300 times greater th ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 24. Atomic Physics 1 λ=R ( 1 n^2 l− 1 n^2 h ) wherenlis the lower state andnhis the higher state. B ...

24.4. References http://www.ck12.org 24.4 References Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 25. Nuclear Physics CHAPTER 25 Nuclear Physics Chapter Outline 25.1 The Nucleus 25.2 RADIOACTIVEHALF ...

25.1. The Nucleus http://www.ck12.org 25.1 The Nucleus Objectives The student will: Know the particles making up the atomic nuc ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 25. Nuclear Physics Gamma decayis most penetrating, requiring four or more centimeters of lead to s ...

25.1. The Nucleus http://www.ck12.org Answer: True. Both are nitrogen nuclei. Nitrogen^147 Nis the common form of nitrogen havin ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 25. Nuclear Physics 25.2. The maximum binding energy per nucleon occurs for iron atoms. Generally, t ...

25.1. The Nucleus http://www.ck12.org through a process calledtransmutation. Uranium, for example, can turn into lead through a ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 25. Nuclear Physics First, we find the difference between the mass of the polonium atom and sum of t ...

25.1. The Nucleus http://www.ck12.org 60 27 Co ∗→ 60 27 Co+γ To recap: Alpha decay produces the slowest-moving, most massive pa ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 25. Nuclear Physics Radioactive sources may even be inserted directly into the cancerous cells. Radi ...

25.2. Radioactive Half-life http://www.ck12.org 25.2 Radioactive Half-life Objectives The student will: Understand how radioact ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 25. Nuclear Physics FIGURE 25.4 Carbon dating Half-life Each radioactive nucleus decays independentl ...

25.2. Radioactive Half-life http://www.ck12.org Decay of Carbon-14 This function tells us how to measure the time taken by the d ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 25. Nuclear Physics 25.3 Nuclear Fission and Fusion Vocabulary nuclear fission:The splitting of an ...

25.3. Nuclear Fission and Fusion http://www.ck12.org It can be explained by likening the nucleus to a liquid drop, as shown inFi ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 25. Nuclear Physics Nazis were working on such a bomb, and so was the United States. Fortunately for ...