NuclearPhysicsI

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Across
  1. 2. a particle found inside the nucleus that has no charge
  2. 6. The unit of energy used when describing the binding energy of the nucleus (2 words).
  3. 7. an electron
  4. 8. ach of two or more forms of the same element that contain equal numbers of protons but different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei,
  5. 11. The process that occurs when a slow-moving neutron is fired into a Uranium nucleus.
  6. 13. the time taken for the radioactivity of a specified isotope to fall to half its original value.(2 words)
  7. 14. the difference between the mass of the element and the mass of the constituents (2 words)
  8. 15. ________ nuclear force that holds the nucleus together.
Down
  1. 1. The process that sees two Hydrogen nuclei join together releasing energy.
  2. 3. the type of radiation that is the nucleus of a Helium atom
  3. 4. a proton that transmutes into a neutron with the ejection of this fundamental particle
  4. 5. ______number that is the number of protons in the nucleus.
  5. 9. ______ number that is the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus
  6. 10. the energy that holds a nucleus together. (2 words)
  7. 12. radiation is unaffected by a magnetic field