Nuclear Chemistry and Radioactivity — Class 11 Maharashtra HSC Chemistry revision notes
A 10-page visual revision sheet for Nuclear Chemistry and Radioactivity, written for Class 11 Maharashtra HSC Chemistry. Formulas, diagrams and the traps that cost marks, laid out to be read the night before rather than the term before. Free, and it opens inside CapCompass.
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What this Nuclear Chemistry and Radioactivity sheet covers
Inside the Nucleus
Classifying Nuclides by Composition
Even-Odd Rule and the N/Z Stability Belt
Magic Numbers and Nuclear Potential
Mass Defect and Binding Energy
Worked: binding energy per nucleon of oxygen-16
Reading the Binding-Energy Curve
Radioactive Decay: the Rate Law
The Decay Law
number of undecayed nuclei remaining at time t
the same relation, in base-10 logs, the form used to find λ from data
Worked: half-life from an activity drop
Half-Life: What It Means
Worked: percentage remaining after a given time
Units of Radioactivity
Modes of Decay: Alpha, Beta, Gamma
Worked: counting alpha and beta particles in a decay chain
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