Modern Physics
Nuclear Physics
Decay, half-life and the energy in mass
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Nuclear physics covers radioactive decay, half-life, the nuclide a decay leaves behind, mass defect, and binding energy per nucleon.
Skills in this topic
Radioactive Decay
Halve an activity across half-lives and name the nuclide a decay leaves behind
Mass-Energy
Convert a mass defect into energy and find the binding energy per nucleon
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