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1: Fundamental Concepts
1.1 Modern Units
1.1.1 Special Nuclear Units
1.1.2 Physical Constants
1.2 The Atom
1.2.1 The Fundamental Constituents of Ordinary Matter
1.2.2 Dark Matter and Energy
1.2.3 Atomic and Nuclear Nomenclature
1.2.4 Relative Atomic Masses
1.2.5 Avogadro’s Number
1.2.6 Mass of an Atom
1.2.7 Atom and Isotope Number Density
1.2.8 Size of an Atom
1.2.9 Atomic and Isotopic Abundances
1.2.10 Nuclear Dimensions
1.3 Chart of the Nuclides
1.3.1 Other Sources of Atomic/Nuclear Information. 2: Modern Physics Concepts2.1 The Special Theory of Relativity
2.1.1 Principle of Relativity
2.1.2 Results of the Special Theory of Relativity
2.2 Radiation as Waves and Particles
2.2.1 The Photoelectric Effect
2.2.2 Compton Scattering
2.2.3 Electromagnetic Radiation: Wave-Particle Duality
2.2.4 Electron Scattering
2.2.5 Wave-Particle Duality
2.3 Quantum Mechanics
2.3.1 Schrödinger’s Wave Equation
2.3.2 The Wave Function
2.3.3 The Uncertainty Principle
2.3.4 Success of Quantum Mechanics
2.4 Addendum 1: Derivation of Some Special Relativity Results
2.4.1 Time Dilation. 2.4.2 Length Contraction2.4.3 Mass Increase
2.5 Addendum 2: Solutions to Schrödinger’s Wave Equation
2.5.1 The Particle in a Box
2.5.2 The Hydrogen Atom
2.5.3 Energy Levels for Multielectron Atoms
3: Atomic/Nuclear Models
3.1 Development of the Modern Atom Model
3.1.1 Discovery of Radioactivity
3.1.2 Thomson’s Atomic Model: The Plum Pudding Model
3.1.3 The Rutherford Atomic Model
3.1.4 The Bohr Atomic Model
3.1.5 Extension of the Bohr Theory: Elliptic Orbits
3.1.6 The Quantum Mechanical Model of the Atom
3.2 Models of the Nucleus
3.2.1 Fundamental Properties of the Nucleus. 3.2.2 The Proton-Electron Model3.2.3 The Proton-Neutron Model
3.2.4 Stability of Nuclei
3.2.5 The Liquid Drop Model of the Nucleus
3.2.6 Mass Parabolas
3.2.7 The Nuclear Shell Model
3.2.8 Other Nuclear Models
4: Nuclear Energetics
4.1 Binding Energy
4.1.1 Nuclear and Atomic Masses
4.1.2 Binding Energy of the Nucleus
4.1.3 Average Nuclear Binding Energies
4.2 Binding Energies of Isotopes
4.3 Nucleon Separation Energy
4.4 Nuclear Reactions
4.5 Examples of Binary Nuclear Reactions
4.5.1 Multiple Reaction Outcomes
4.6 Q-Value for a Reaction
4.6.1 Binary Reactions. 4.6.2 Radioactive Decay Reactions4.7 Conservation of Charge and the Calculation of Q-Values
4.7.1 Special Case for Changes in the Proton Number
4.8 Q-Value for Reactions Producing Excited Nuclei
5: Radioactivity
5.1 Overview
5.2 Types of Radioactive Decay
5.3 Radioactive Decay Diagrams
5.4 Energetics of Radioactive Decay
5.4.1 Gamma Decay
5.4.2 Alpha-Particle Decay
5.4.3 Beta-Particle Decay
5.4.4 Positron Decay
5.4.5 Electron Capture
5.4.6 Neutron Decay
5.4.7 Proton Decay
5.4.8 Internal Conversion
5.5 Characteristics of Radioactive Decay
5.5.1 The Decay Constant.