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Nuclear Radiation

, ① Definitions
·

Nucleon : This is a
protoe or a neutron in a nucleus
·
Atomic number : Number of
protons in an atom
·

Massemmber : Number of nucleous in an atom
·



Isotope : This is a variation of an element with the same number of protons but

a different number of
neutrons .




Background radiation Naturally radiation found all around
·



us :
:
occuring
corrected Cout = Total count raid-background count




② Nuclear Binding Energy
·

Mass and are
interchangeable and related by :
energy
E =
eneg
E = mc m = mass

C"= speed of light squared




When the mass of nucleus and the of its constituents
measuring
·

a mass ,

the mass of the nucleus will always be lower and this difference is
known as the mass deficit . This mass is converted into
energy and released
.




The
binding energy required
·



of nucleus the to
energy
a is


separate the
nucleus into its constituent nucleous /or the
energy
released when tucleous join to form a
nucleus) -
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