Nuclear Chemistry
Reading
BJU book: Ch. 20 "Nuclear Chemistry"
Topics
Labs
Memo: 2020-2021 labs will include hands-on and virtual, and may vary as the Covid-19 situation changes.
Here is a list of possible labs for this lesson. I will choose from this list when we get here.
BJU book: Ch. 20 "Nuclear Chemistry"
Topics
- Radiation
- Alpha, beta, gamma particles
- Nuclear equations
- Half-life calculations
- Fusion and fission
Labs
Memo: 2020-2021 labs will include hands-on and virtual, and may vary as the Covid-19 situation changes.
Here is a list of possible labs for this lesson. I will choose from this list when we get here.
- "Nuclear Fission" PhET weblab
- "Alpha Decay" PhET weblab
- Dating the Dead Sea Scrolls project
- E=mc2 exercise: Calculate the mass defect of 4 isotopes and plot binding energy vs. atomic mass
Below: some diagrams & graphs pertaining to nuclear chemistry
| 19._nuclear_chemistry_lecture_notes_2020.docx |
Nuclear Chemistry homework problems
| 19._nuclear_chemistry_homework_questions.docx |
Nuclear Fission lab exercise
| 19._nuclear_fission_weblab.docx |