OCR A level Physics: Chapter 26 Nuclear Physics is apart of the Module 6: Particle and Medical Physics

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26.1 Einstein’s Mass-Energy Equation
26.2 Binding Energy
26.3 Nuclear Fission
26.4 Nuclear Fusion

  • Mass-energy is a conserved quantity
  • Einstein’s mass-energy equation
  • Particle and antiparticle annihilate each other
  • Rest mass and increasing mass with increased kinetic energy
  • Interpretation of mass-energy equivalence
  • Definition of mass defect
  • Definition of binding energy
  • Binding energy per nucleon
  • Calculating mass defect, binding energy, and binding energy per nucleon.
  • Explaining nuclear stability
  • Fuels in nuclear fission reactors
  • Moderators and thermal neutrons
  • Conservation of mass-energy
  • Energy released in fission reactions
  • Control rods
  • Nuclear waste management
  • Conditions for nuclear fusion
  • Binding energy and released energy

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