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Unit 7: Nuclear Physics

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Nuclear Physics

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4 Segments in this Unit

Segment 7A: Radioactive Decay 
We explore the nature of radioactivity.

Segment A: Radioactive Decay

We explore the nature of radioactivity and describe the types of radioactive decay that occur.

Segment 7B: Fission 
We explain what happens inside of an atom that undergoes fission.

Segment B: Fission

We travel to a nuclear power plant to explain what happens inside an atom that undergoes fission and we show you how that process is harnessed to create electricity.

Segment 7C: Fusion 
We explore how and why fusion occurs between atoms.

Segment C: Fusion

We explore how and why fusion occurs between atoms, what products result from this type of reaction, and how stars use this process to create energy and the atoms of which we are made.

Segment 7D: Half-Life
We explain half-life qualitatively, mathematically, and graphically

Segment D: Half-Life

We explain half-life qualitatively, mathematically, and graphically. We also look at how we use this principle to find the age of objects.

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