Atomic and Nuclear Physics

Essential Question

What forces hold nuclei together and mediate nuclear processes?

Models

Light Quanta

The Photoelectric Effect

Waves as Particles

Particles as Waves

Electron Waves

Relative Size of Atoms

Quantum Physics

Predictability and Chaos

Radioactive Decay

Radiation Penetrating Power

Radioactive Isotopes

Radioactive Half-Life

Natural Transmutation of Elements

Artificial Transmutation of Elements

Carbon Dating

Uranium Radioactive Tracers

Radiation and You

Nuclear Fission

Nuclear Fission Reactor

Plutonium

The Breeder Reactor

Mass-Energy Equivalence

Nuclear Fusion

Controlling Nuclear Fusion