Glossary for Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics
This text highlights key terms important for the study of nuclear radioactivity; radiation detection and detectors; substructure of the nucleus; nuclear decay and conservation laws; half-life and activity; binding energy; and tunneling. Advanced Placement® and AP® are trademarks registered and/or owned by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, this textbook.
Topics
- glossary
- activity
- alpha decay
- alpha rays
- antielectron
- antimatter
- atomic mass
- atomic number
- barrier penetration
- becquerel
- beta decay
- beta rays
- binding energy
- binding energy per nucleon
- carbon-14 dating
- chart of the nuclides
- curie
- daughter
- decay
- decay constant
- decay equation
- decay series
- electron capture
- electron capture equation
- electron’s antineutrino
- electron’s neutrino
- gamma decay
- gamma rays
- Geiger tube
- half-life
- ionizing radiation
- isotopes
- magic numbers
- mass number
- neutrino
- neutron
- nuclear radiation
- nuclear reaction energy
- nucleons
- nucleus
- nuclide
- parent
- photomultiplier
- positron
- positron decay
- protons
- quantum mechanical tunneling
- radiation detector
- radioactive
- radioactive dating
- radioactivity
- radius of a nucleus
- range of radiation
- rate of decay
- scintillators
- solid-state radiation detectors
- tunneling