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The (major) steps of the Big Bang:

1. ?

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1. Universe in a singularity, energy and mass same thing
VERY hot (and it cools)
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The (major) steps of the Big Bang:

2. ?

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  1. Matter-Antimatter ‘war’, matter won (somehow)

Gravity leaves

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The (major) steps of the Big Bang:

3. ?

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  1. Strong nuclear leaves
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The (major) steps of the Big Bang:

4. ?

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  1. All four forces split
    Sea of radiation (fundamental particles)
    Too hot for nucleons to form
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The (major) steps of the Big Bang:

5. ?

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  1. Protons and neutrons form

Sea of radiation still

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The (major) steps of the Big Bang:

6. ?

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  1. Atoms (deuterium) can now form (nucleosynthesis)

Deuterium can also form helium

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The (major) steps of the Big Bang:

7. ?

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  1. Light is seen (photons trapped in matter)

Stars, planets and galaxies can now form

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Evidence for the Big Bang?

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  1. Cosmic background radiation
  2. Expanding universe
  3. 75% hydrogen, 25% helium
  4. Formation of stellar structures
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Evidence for expanding universe by Hubble?

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  1. Red shift of elements compared to lab results

2. Estimation of distance with luminosity

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What do the two axes on a H-R diagram represent?

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Luminosity

Temperature

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What is the order of temperature in a H-R diagram?

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OBAFGKM

hottest) Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me (coolest

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Where do 90% of all stars lie?

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The Main Sequence

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Stars with greater mass are brighter because?

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To counter the great mass they have, they need more energy which makes them bigger and brighter

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Above the Main Sequence, there are?

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Giants and supergiants

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Below the Main Sequence, there are?

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Dwarves

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The steps of star formation:

1. ?

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Hydrogen gas clusters

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The steps of star formation:

2. ?

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Gas contracts into dark cloud

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The steps of star formation:

3. ?

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Gravity potential converted into heat (eventually nuclear reactions)
Protostar forms and the mass spins

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The steps of star formation:

4. ?

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Fusion starts

Debris gets knocked off

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The steps of star formation:

5. ?

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Main sequence star is formed

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What is stellar equilibrium?

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The balancing of the force of energy pushing out and the gravity pushing in for stability

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What is a common feature between all main sequence stars?

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They use hydrogen (proton-proton) fusion whereby 4 protons form helium and energy

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What are the two types of fusion possible by main sequence stars?

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  • Proton-proton chain

- CNO cycle (for stars hotter than 1.8x10^7)

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The steps of star death (for x < 8 SM):

1. ?

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Small, duller, yellowish, warm sun (like ours)

- proton-proton fusion

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The steps of star death (for x < 8 SM):

2. ?

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Red giant

- helium fusion (when hydrogen depletes)

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The steps of star death (for x < 8 SM):

3. ?

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Helium flash

  • will have hydrogen, helium, carbon-oxygen core
  • star contracts into core and expands
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The steps of star death (for x < 8 SM):

4. ?

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White dwarf (and planetary nebula)

  • oxygen and carbon core
  • cannot fuse (not hot enough)
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The steps of star death (for x > 8 SM):

1. ?

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Big, bright, blue, hot sun

- CNO cycle

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The steps of star death (for x > 8 SM):

2. ?

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Red giant

- core (from out to in): helium, carbon, oxygen, neon, silicon, iron

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The steps of star death (for x > 8 SM):

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Supernova

- Star contracts and then explodes

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The steps of star death (for x > 8 SM):

4. ? (for core mass < 1.4 SM)

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Neutron Star

- Very dense, composed completely of neutrons

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The steps of star death (for x > 8 SM):

4. ? (for core mass > 1.4 SM)

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Black hole

- Single point of infinite density (singularity)

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What were the 6 William Crookes’ observations about the cathode rays?

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  • Can appear from any surface
  • Green fluorescent light
  • Travel in straight lines
  • Deflected by magnets
  • Has energy and momentum
  • Can cause chemical reactions
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What did the Maltese Cross prove?

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Cathodes travel in straight lines i.e. don’t diffract

they are particles not waves (for now…)

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What did the Paddle Wheel prove?

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They have energy and momentum

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What did J.J. Thompson figure out with cathode rays and how?

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the charge:mass ratio q/m using qvB = mv^2/r with electric and magnetic fields

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What model of the atom did J.J Thompson make?

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Plum pudding model, where the electron ‘plums’ were in a sort of positive ‘dough’

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What did Milikan figure out with q/m?

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The charge and thus mass of an electron, by making mg = qE with terminal velocity of an oil driblet (and v depended on mass and radius),

He concluded that charge is quantised

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What was the Thompson model supposed to predict that?

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The deflections would be minimal due to the whole atom being in positive and pass straight through as the charges (of the atoms) cancelling out would be too weak to affect the alpha particles

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What did the Gold Foil Experiment show?

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Most alpha particles went through the foil but 1/8000 got deflected over 90°

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What model of the atom did Rutherford make?

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Rutherford model, where the atom is mainly empty space that has electrons floating around and a tiny dense positive nucleus

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What were the issues with the Rutherford model?

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  • Rutherford did not know how the electrons were arranged around the nucleus
  • Rutherford did not know how the electrons moved without creating EMR and losing energy
  • Rutherford did not know how the electrons did not collapse into the positive core
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The unknown neutral radiation was thought to be gamma, why was it concluded it wasn’t?

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Because it could knock protons off of paraffin wax which photons couldn’t do (i.e. it had mass and momentum)

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Which two laws of conservation did Chadwick use to find the neutron?

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  • Momentum (since the proton mass ≈ neutron mass)

- Energy (since it’s elastic, velocity in ≈ velocity out)

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Why was the paraffin wax used?

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Neutrons could not be detected because they didn’t have a charge while protons (from the wax) could be

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What did the inclusion of the neutron in the model of the atom achieve?

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  • Explained the extra mass of the atom

- Explained how electrons do not fall into the centre (as charges cancel out)

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For the Balmer Formula, wavelength of emitted UV photon,

nf = 1 and ni = ?

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ni = 2, 3, 4…

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For the Balmer Formula, wavelength of emitted UV photon,

nf = ? and ni = 2, 3, 4…

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nf = 1

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For the Balmer Formula, wavelength of emitted visible photon,
nf = 2 and ni = ?

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ni = 3, 4, 5…

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For the Balmer Formula, wavelength of emitted visible photon,
nf = ? and ni = 3, 4, 5…

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nf = 2

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For the Balmer Formula, wavelength of emitted infrared photon,
nf = 3 and ni = ?

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ni = 3, 4, 5…

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For the Balmer Formula, wavelength of emitted infrared photon,
nf = ? and ni = 3, 4, 5…

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nf = 3

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What model of the atom did Bohr make?

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Bohr Model:

  • Electrons are situated around nucleus in ‘stationary states’
  • Electrons absorb energy and move up state
  • Electrons emit photon and move sown state
  • Angular momentum is quantised (nh/2π)
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Which two important pieces of information did Bohr use for his model?

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  • Planck’s quanta
  • Balmer equation
  • Other data
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What were the issues with the Bohr model?

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  • Mix of classical and modern physics
  • Only works for hydrogen
  • Could not explain relative intensities
  • Could not explain very thin spectral lines
  • Could not explain Zeeman effect
56
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What is the Zeeman effect?

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The phenomena of spectral lines split in magnetic fields

57
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De Broglie stated that that…

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The electrons that orbit the nucleus are actually standing waves (the number of wavelengths corresponding with their electron number), which explain how they move without emitting a photon

58
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The Schrodinger model states that…

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  • Electrons exist in probability clouds and that they can only be inferred by squaring the Schrodinger equation (a wave function which contains all the info on a particle)
  • Orbit position can vary depending on energy of electron (explaining hyperfine lines)
  • Denser the cloud → Higher the probability
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What was Schrodinger’s contribution to physics?

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  • Showed the probabilistic (not deterministic) nature of particles and the universe
  • Used and improved upon the Bohr model
  • Copenhagen interpretation (everything is in a superposition of states until collapsing)
60
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Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle states that…

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  • The more you know about a particle’s momentum, the less you know about position (and vice versa)
  • Set limits on knowledge
61
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Pauli’s Exclusion Principle states that…

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No 2 quantum numbers of an electron can have the same quantum numbers (n, l, m1, m2)

This explains how electrons are arranged around an atom

62
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Wave-particle duality states that…

A

Light behaves like a wave with itself

Light behaves like a particle with matter

63
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De Broglie’s logic for thinking about wave-particle duality with particles is because…

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  1. Waves carry energy
  2. Matter has energy (E = mc^2)
  3. Therefore matter must also have a wavelength
64
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What experiment showed wave-particle duality of matter?

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The diffraction pattern created from a electrons escaping a vacuum tube crack

65
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What is radiation?

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The spontaneous breakdown of an unstable element by the emission of α or β particles or γ-rays

66
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What is a transmutation

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The change of element due to its instability and radiation (in alpha and beta decay)

67
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What is alpha decay and what is the formula for it?

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The emission of an alpha particle causing a transmutation of the original unstable element

aXz → 4He2 + a-4Yz-2

note number/letter before is atomic mass, after is atomic number

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What is beta decay and what are the formulae for it?

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The emission of a beta particle causing a transmutation of the original unstable element

β-: aXz → aYz+1 + e + anti-ν

β+: aaXz → aYz-1 + anti-e + ν

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What happens to the neutron (in beta minus) and the proton (in beta plus) and what is an important point to note?

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Neu → Pro + e
Pro → Neu + p

The neutron is NOT made up of a proton and electron
The proton is NOT made up of a neutron and positron
They simply change forms in beta decay

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Because beta decay consists of the release of two particles, what quality will the kinetic energy of the emission have?

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Kinetic energy can be shared between the two particles. If an electron has high KE then the neutrino has low KE an vice versa.

This can be demonstrated on a beta spectrum graph, where the KE of an electron is plotted against the probability of an electron with this KE existing i.e. Kinetic energy can vary widely

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What is gamma decay and what is the formula for it?

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The emission of a gamma particle

  • aXz → 4He2 + aXz
  • note * *aXz indicates an excited element
72
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Rank speed from highest to lowest

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  1. γ (3x10^8)
  2. α (2x10^8)
  3. β (2x10^4)
73
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Rank penetration from highest to lowest

A
  1. γ (high penetration)
  2. β (higher than α penetration)
  3. α (low penetration)
74
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Rank ionisation from highest to lowest

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  1. α (high ionisation)
  2. β (lower than α ionisation)
  3. γ (lower than β ionisation)
75
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‘Rank’ ionisation from highest to lowest

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  1. α (+2)
  2. β (±1)
  3. γ (0)
76
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What is the nature of these particles?

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α = helium particle
β = electron/positron
γ = EMR
77
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What is a half life?

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The time it takes for mass of a substance to be halved

78
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How can you find how many half lives are in a radioactive substance (Nh)?

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Nh = t/th

t = total time
th = half life
79
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What is the strong nuclear force?

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The very strong force between nucleons that keeps them together in spite of the repulsive electrostatic forces

80
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What does this diagram say about the strong nuclear force?

https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ts7EV.png

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  1. Holds all nucleons together (charged or not)
  2. Much stronger than electrostatic
  3. Very limited range, attractive at small distances
  4. Repulsive at VERY small distances
81
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Explain the band of stability

https://image.slidesharecdn.com/5-151101143038-lva1-app6892/95/58-nuclear-stability-and-halflife-2-638.jpg?cb=1446388282

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In order to be stable, atoms at larger atomic numbers must have more nucleons to compensate for electrostatic repulsion.

82
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Define Mass Defect

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Mass Defect: The difference between an atom and its components

83
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Why does a mass defect occur?

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To create a strong nuclear force to counter electrostatic repulsion, the mass of the constituents must be converted into energy (i.e. SNF), causing a mass reduction

84
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Define Binding Energy (BE)

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The energy required to seperate the nucleons of an atom

85
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What is the formula for Mass Defect (Md)

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Md = Ac - A

Md = Mass Defect (Au)
Ac = Mass of Constituents (Au)
A = Atom Mass (Au)
86
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What is Mass Defect equivalent to?

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Mass Defect ≡ Binding Energy

E = Md = Parts - Products

87
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What is the formula for converting Kg → Au?

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Aur = kgr/(1.661 x 10^-27)

88
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What is the formula for converting Au → MeV?

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Aur = 931.5 MeVr

89
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What does Binding Energy per Nucleon (BE/N) measure?

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How tightly the nucleons of an atom are placed together and the distribution of BE over all nucleons in an atom

90
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Why are atoms with lower AND higher atomic numbers more unstable and what doe this mean?

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For lower: There are not enough nucleons to counter the electrostatic force

For higher: There are too many nucleons where the big radius of the atom causes BE to be distributed poorly among all the nucleons

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What element has the highest BE/N, why and what does this mean?

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Iron 56, because the atom has a balance of small radius and great energy. To add nucleons would consume energy

As a result Iron can not be easily fused or fissioned, which can be seen in the core of suns where the last product is iron

92
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What do all atoms desire?

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To be stable, which it will do at any cost

93
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In order to become stable, unstable lower atoms tend to go through…

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Fusion, releasing lots of energy

e.g. H 1

94
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In order to become stable, unstable higher atoms tend to go through…

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Fission, releasing lots of energy

e.g. U 238

95
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What is the critical mass?

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The point when the production of neutrons equals the loss of neutrons in a fissionable material

96
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What is neutron capture?

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The absorbing of a neutron by a nucleus that may or may not result in fission

97
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Name 3 situations in which fission via neutron capture can fail and why?

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  1. Capture without fission
  2. Capture by other atom or material
  3. No capture
98
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Very fast neutrons cannot be captured but slowed ones can. How can neutrons be slowed down?

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Through moderators, substances which reduce the thermal energy of the neutron

99
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What are the 5 major components of a nuclear reactor?

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  1. core of fuel → fissionable element
  2. moderator → slows down neutrons
  3. means of regulating free neutrons → control rods
  4. coolant → cools reactor
  5. radiation shielding → reactor and biological shields
100
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What is a fertile material?

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An element that can be converted into a fissionable form through neutron capture

E.g. Uranium 238

101
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Reactors are a combination or (what?) and how can chances of fission be increased?

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Fissionable and fertile materials. Chances of fission can be increased by increasing the amount of fissionable material in the core

102
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How can a fertile material fail to sustain a chain reaction?

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  1. An impure sample may not accept a neutron, failing to cause neutron capture
  2. Neutrons may miss because it is too small to hit target
103
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What is the smallest amount of a fissionable substance necessary where a chain reaction is possible?

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Critical mass

104
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What do control rods do and how do they do it??

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They slow down the rate of fission by absorbing neutrons

By pushing them in, they absorb excess neutrons
By pulling them out, they allow neutrons to initiate more

105
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What are the two types of reaction and what do they look like?

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Controlled Reaction: Where only one neutron can hit another atom with excess neutrons being absorbed

Uncontrolled Reaction: Where neutrons will spread everywhere rapidly

https://dc.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/power-generating-fission.png

106
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What is nuclear fusion and fission and what do they look like

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Fusion: The combining of two light elements which forms a heavier element and releases energy + neutron/s

Fusion: The splitting of one heavy element by a neutron into multiple lighter elements and releases energy + neutron/s

https://img.jagranjosh.com/imported/images/E/GK/Fission-Fusion-reaction-difference.png

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Which pieces of evidence showed that protons and neutrons were NOT fundamental particles?

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  1. beta decay showed protons and neutrons can change form
  2. Neutrons had a magnetic moment despite not having a charge
  3. In 1969, high energy particle accelerators indicated tiny particles within protons and neutrons
108
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What are protons and neutrons composed of respectively?

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Up (+2/3) and down quarks (-1/3)

P = U + U + D = +1
N = U + D + D = 0
109
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What are the four groups of particles?

A 
Matter particles (and anti matter equivalent
- Quarks
- Leptons
Force particles (aka gauge bosons)
Higgs Boson
110
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Name of quarks?

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Up, Down, Charm, Strange, Top, Bottom

111
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What are the two ways to categorise quarks?

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3 Generations (which increase in mass left to right)
2 Charges (top row 2/3, bottom row -1/3)
112
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Why can’t quarks exist on their own and if so, how can they exist?

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Due to the massive amount of energy required to separate quarks, if it happened, new quarks would be created from this energy

They exist in combinations called hadrons

113
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What are the two types of hadrons?

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Baryons; made of 3 quarks

Mesons; made of a quark and an anti quark

114
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What attributes must be different in order to not violate Pauli’s Exclusion Principle?

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Spin
Colour (Red, Blue, Green)

note colour doesn’t refer to actual colour, it’s just a metapha

115
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How should colours add up to adhere to the conservation of colour?

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In baryon, Red + Blue + Green = White
In meson, Colour + ‘Anticolour’ = White

note anticolour is the opposite of a whatever colour

116
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Name of leptons?

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Electron, Electron neutrino, Muon, Muon neutrino, Tau, Tau neutrino

117
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What are the two ways to categorise leptons?

A 
3 Generations (which increase in mass left to right)
2 Charges (non-neutrino row -1, neutrino row 0)
118
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What are the four fundamental forces and where do they act?

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Gravity → Anything with mass
Electrostatic → Anything with charge
Weak Nuclear Force → In beta decay
Strong Nuclear Force → Between quarks and nucleons

119
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What bosons (force particles) do the fundamental forces work through?

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Gravity → *Graviton
Electrostatic → Photons
Weak Nuclear Force → ±W, Z Particles
Strong Nuclear Force → Gluons (between quarks), *Pions (between nucleons)

  • note* gravitons are hypothetical and have not been discovered
  • note* pions are not fundamental particles, but they do mediate the SNF
120
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How do photons mediate electromagnetism?

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They exist as a virtual particle and when two charged objects interact, the photons coming out of the charges will either;

  • collide and repel
  • exchange photons in a way where they attract
121
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How do weakons mediate weak nuclear force?

A

They will emit a virtual particle, changing a proton into a neutron (vice versa) in the form of a W+, W- or Z which then splits into;

  • W- = Electron + Antineutrino
  • W+ = Positron + Neutrino
  • Z = others (neutrally charged)
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How do gluons mediate strong nuclear force?

A

Gluons are virtual particles which create an attraction between quarks through particle exchange

123
Q

How do pions mediate strong nuclear force?

A

Pions are virtual particles composed of a quark-antiquark pair which create an attraction between quarks through particle exchange

124
Q

What particle creates mass for the particles (most notably the weakons)?

A

Higgs boson, with a Higgs Field

125
Q

What are the 3 major problems with the Standard Model?

A
  1. Can’t explain gravity
  2. Can’t explain dark matter and energy
  3. Can’t explain the matter-antimatter inequality
126
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Linear Accelerator?

A

Ions travel through and are accelerated by multiple drift tubes which are separated by progressively greater distances, with an AC voltage in a long linear path

127
Q

Cyclotron?

A

Particles spun around between 2 magnetic Ds until they get spun outwards and hit a target. The gap between the 2 Ds increase the speed and radius of orbit

128
Q

Synchrotron?

A

A particle is introduced into the machine and accelerated with a constant radius by increasing the magnetic field strength, before hitting a target

129
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Advantages of Synchrotron?

A
  • They can travel much faster

- Have greater energy

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Disadvantages of Synchrotron?

A
  • They can only have one packet of charged particles at a time (unlike cyclotrons)
131
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What is the purpose of a particle accelerator?

A

They increase the speeds of particles, giving them great energy, replicating the conditions of the Big Bang

132
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Formula for wavelength of emitted photon

A

1/λ = R[1/(nf)^2 - 1/(ni)^2]

[R = 1.097 x 10^7]

133
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Formula for wavelength of de Broglie matter waves

A

λ = h/mv

[h = 6.626 x 10^-34]

134
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Formula for radioactive decay

A

Nt = Noe^-λt

note the decay constant (λ) depends on the chemical and is either given or you must calculate it. Time (t) is in reference to decay time

135
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Formula for decay constant

A

λ = ln(2)/t(½)

note t(½) is the time it takes for a piece of matter to be halved

136
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When an atom absorbs energy, the electron goes (shell)?

Likewise, when an atom releases energy the electron goes (shell)?

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