Atomic and Nuclear Physics

Atomic and Nuclear Physics Unit

Topic	Syllabus Ref.	Text Ref		Lesson / Activity	Assignment

Quantum Nature of Radiation	12.1.1 - 12.1.3	27-3		Photoelectric Effect	p885 #15,17,20,22,24,25
The Wave Nature of Matter	12.1.4 - 12.1.6	27-6, 27-11			p856 #36,37,39,40 Read 27-6, & outline an experiment to test the deBroglie hypothesis.
Atomic Structure	6.1.1 - 6.1.3	27-8 to 27-10		spectra quiz	Excercise 11.3 handout
Atomic Spectra and Energy States	12.1.7 - 12.1.10 12.1.12			Structure of the Atom Video -The Rutherford model to the wave mechanical model Rydberg Equation (needed for homework)
	12.1.11	28-2
X-Rays	12.1.13-12.1.15	25-11, 28-9			p885 #32,33,34
Nuclear Structure	6.1.4 - 6.1.7	30-1, 30-2			closest approach problem
	12.2.1 - 12.2.2	20-12			p619 # 50,51 e/m lab prep
Binding Energy	6.3.3 - 6.3.6 6.2.4	30-1 to 30-2			p940 #11,13,17
Radioactive Decay	6.2.1 -6.2.2 12.2.3 - 12.2.4	30-3 to 30-6		Types of Ionizing Radiation	p941-942 #23,25,27,31 941 #35,37,39,42
	6.2.5 - 6.2.9 12.2.5 - 12.2.7	30-8 to 30-10
	12.2.8	possible lab see p 521 Kerr
	6.2.3	30-13
Nuclear Reactions Fission and Fusion	6.3.1 - 6.3.4	31-1 to 31.3 30-1, 26-10, 30-2			p970 #1,7,17,20,25 p971 #28
	6.3.5 - 6.3.6		30-2 ? supplement?
	6.3.7 - 6.3.10
Particle Physics	12.3.1-12.3.7	32-3 to32-6, 32-9		Independent Assignment