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1
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What are the main constituents of the atom?

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*Proton
*Neutron
*Electron

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Define specific charge

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Specific charge = charge / mass

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3
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Specific charge of a proton?

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Charge = 1.6x10^-19
Mass 1.67x10^-27

1.6x10^19/1.67x106-27 = 9.58x10^7

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4
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What is the letter associated with proton number?

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Z

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What is a nucleon?

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A constituent of the nucleus : a proton or neutron

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6
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What letter represents nucleon number?

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A

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Which is correct: AXZ or ZXA?

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AZX

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What is an isotope?

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Two elements that have the same amount of protons but a different amount of neutrons

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9
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State a use of radioactive isotopes

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*Carbon dating - The proportion of carbon-14 in a material can be used to determine its age
*Cancer detection

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What is a strong nuclear force?

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The fundamental force that keeps the nucleus stable by counteracting the electrostatic force of repulsion between protons

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Describe range of strong force

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*Repulsive up to 0.5fm
*Attractive from 0.5-3fm
*Negligible past 3fm

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What makes a nucleus unstable?

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Nuclei that have far too many protons, neutrons or both

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How do nuclei with too many nucleons decay?

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Alpha decay

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How do nuclei with too many neutrons decay?

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Beta minus decay (udd to uud)

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How is the existence of a neutrino hypothesised?

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The energy of particles after beta decay was lower than before, a particle with 0 charge and negligible mass must carry away this excess energy, this particle is a neutrino

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What is meant by beta minus decay?

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When a neutron turns into a proton, the atom releases an electron and an anti-electron neutrino

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What is an alpha particle?

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A particle that contains two protons and two neutrons

18
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What is an antiparticle?

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For each particle there is an antiparticle with the same rest energy and mass but all other properties are the opposite of its respective particle

19
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Antiparticle of an electron

A

Positron

20
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Antiparticle of Pi0

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Pi0

21
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What occurs when a particle and antiparticle meet?

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Annihilation :
The mass of the particle and antiparticle is converted back to energy in the form of 2 gamma ray photos which go in opposite directions to conserve momentum

22
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Pair production definition

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A gamma ray photon is converted to a particle-antiparticle pair

23
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Min energy of a photon required to make a proton-antiproton pair

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2 x proton rest energy
2 x 9.38.257 = 1876.514 MeV

24
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4 Fundamental forces

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*Gravity
*Electromagnetic
*Weak nuclear
*Strong nuclear

25
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The virtual photon is the exchange particle of which force?

A

The electromagnetic force

26
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What type of particle is affected by the strong force?

A

Hadrons

27
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What is the exchange particle of the weak nuclear force?

A

W boson (W- or W+)

28
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What does the electromagnetic force act?

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It acts on all charged objects, for example when a positively charged ball repels another positively charged ball

29
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When does weak nuclear interaction occur?

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When a quark changes, it affects all types of particles

30
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What property must be conserved in particle interactions?

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*Energy
*Charge
*Baryon number
*Lepton number
*Momentum
*Strangeness

31
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What is a hadron

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Both baryons and mesons are hadrons, made up of at least 2 quarks and interact via strong nuclear force

32
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Classes of hadrons

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*Baryons - qqq
*Mesons - quark antiquark

33
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Pion and kaon are both examples of which class of particles?

A

Mesons

34
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The pion can be a exchange particle for which force?

A

Strong nuclear force

35
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What particle does a kaon decay into?

A

A kaon decays into a pion

36
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Example of baryons

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*Proton - uud
*Neutron - ddu

37
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What is significant about a proton?

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*The only stable baryon
*All baryons will decay into protons

38
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Examples of leptons

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*Muon
*Electron
*Neutrino

39
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Examples of leptons

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*Muon
*Electron
*Neutrino

40
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What does a muon decay into?

A

An electron

41
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What is the strangeness value of a strange quark?

A

-1

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