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Properties of the Nucleus
Inquiry question: How can the energy of the atomic nucleus be harnessed?
Students:
● Examine the model of half-life in radioactive decay and make quantitative predictions about the activity or amount of a radioactive sample using the following relationships:
where ?t = number of particles at time ?, ?0 = number of particles present at ? = 0, ? = decay constant, ?1/2 = time for half the radioactive amount to decay (ACSPH029)
● Account for the release of energy in the process of nuclear fusion (ACSPH035, ACSPH036)
● Predict quantitatively the energy released in nuclear decays or transmutations, including nuclear fission and nuclear fusion, by applying: (ACSPH031, ACSPH035, ACSPH036)
– The law of conservation of energy
– Mass defect
– Binding energy
– Einstein’s mass–energy equivalence relationship ? = ??2
Extract from Physics Stage 6 Syllabus © 2017 NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA)