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Learning Goal for this section:<br />
Explain and compare nuclea reactions (radioactive decay, fission and fusion), the energy changes associated<br />
with them and their associated saftey issues.<br />
Notes Section:<br />
6 protons 8 neutrons 14 mass Carbon -> Nitrogen 14 mass 7 protons<br />
Beta Particle<br />
Negative Electron<br />
Positive Electron Positron<br />
Gamma Energy<br />
very high frequency so it can penetrate deeply.<br />
Half-Life 100g of a substance, if it has a 20min half-life, after 20min it has<br />
50g, after another 20min, it has 25g later. The initial substance is conver<br />
into a different element. So that after the first half-life the substance has 5<br />
intitail substance and the other 50g is changed into a different substance