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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.1.1: Rutherford Scattering (SaveMyExams)
Rutherford passed beams of partic...,
Setup for the scattering experime...,
Purpose of lead container in scat...
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.1.2: Changing Models of the Nucleus (SaveMyExams)
John dalton s atomic model 1803 1,
Dalton s atomic model proposed th...,
Jj thomson s atomic model 1897 3
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.1.3: Alpha, Beta & Gamma Radiation (SaveMyExams)
Some isotopes of elements are 1,
How do unstable nuclei become mor...,
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.1.4: Inverse-Square Law of Gamma Radiation (SaveMyExams)
Explain inverse square law 1,
Gamma radiation inverse square law 2
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.1.5: Background Radiation (SaveMyExams)
Background radiation 1,
Sources of background radiation 2 2,
Natural sources of background rad...
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.1.6: Radiation Safety
Radiation dose measured in 1,
To minimise received radiation do...,
Radiation therapy 2 3
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.1.7: Required Practical: Inverse Square-Law for Gamma Radiation (SaveMyExams)
Gamma radiation inverse square law 1
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.2.1: Radioactive Decay (SaveMyExams)
Radioactive decay 1,
Radioactive decay is a random pro...,
What can be used to prove that ra...
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.2.2: Exponential Decay (SaveMyExams)
Exponential decay 1,
Key features of exponential decay...
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.2.3: Half-Life (SaveMyExams)
Half life 1
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.2.4: Applications of Radioactivity (SaveMyExams)
Applications of radioactivity 3 1
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.3.1: Energy & Mass Equivalence (SaveMyExams)
Einstein s theory of relativity p...,
Mass energy equivalence 2,
Mass energy equivalence equation 3
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.3.2: Mass Difference & Binding Energy (SaveMyExams)
Mass defect 1,
What does mass defect imply 2,
Explain mass defect in terms of m...
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.3.3: Nuclear Fusion & Fission (SaveMyExams)
Nuclear fusion 1,
Low mass nuclei eg h he can under...,
What is formed when 2 protons fuse 3
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.3.4: Binding Energy (SaveMyExams)
Binding energy per nucleon 1,
Higher binding energy per nucleon...,
In both fusion fission total mass...
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.3.5: Induced Fission (SaveMyExams)
Neutrons involved in induced fiss...,
Only ___ neutrons can be absorbed...,
Thermal neutron 3
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.3.6: Operation of a Nuclear Reactor (SaveMyExams)
A __ __ is required to keep nucle...,
When a nuclear reactor is produci...,
Main components of nuclear reacto...
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.3.7: Safety Aspects of Nuclear Reactors (SaveMyExams)
Common methods to deal with nucle...,
Fuel used in nuclear reactors 2,
Safety measures to reduces worker...
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.4.1: Nuclear Instability (SaveMyExams)
A nucleus will be unstable if it ...,
For light isotopes z 20 2 2,
For heavy isotopes z 20 2 3
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.4.2: Decay Equations (SaveMyExams)
Why nucleus is unstable what deca...,
If a nucleus has too many neutrons 2,
Emission 3
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.4.3: Nuclear Excited States (SaveMyExams)
A nucleus can exist in an __ __ l...,
Once an unstable nucleus has deca...,
The emission of a photon from a n...
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.4.4: Nuclear Radius (SaveMyExams)
Nuclear radius can be measured ex...,
Rutherford scattering 2 2,
Rutherford scattering indicates 3
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.4.5: Closest Approach Estimate (SaveMyExams)
What happens when an particle rea...
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.4.6: Nuclear Radius Equation (SaveMyExams)
The radius of nuclei depends on t...
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A-LEVEL PHYSICS: 8.4.7: Nuclear Density (SaveMyExams)
Nuclear density is significantly ...
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