Nuclear Equations

This text discusses nuclear equations, types of particles in nuclear reactions, and balancing nuclear reactions.

Topics

  • alpha decay
  • α decay
  • alpha particle
  • antimatter
  • band of stability
  • becquerel
  • Bq
  • beta decay
  • β decay
  • beta particle
  • binding energy per nucleon
  • chain reaction
  • chemotherapy
  • containment system
  • control rod
  • critical
  • mass
  • curie
  • Ci
  • daughter nuclide
  • electron capture
  • electron volt
  • eV
  • external beam radiation therapy
  • fissile
  • fissionable
  • fission
  • fusion
  • fusion reactor
  • gamma emission
  • γ emission
  • gamma ray
  • γ 0
  • 0 γ
  • Geiger counter
  • gray
  • Gy half-life
  • t1/2
  • internal radiation therapy
  • ionizing radiation
  • magic number
  • mass defect
  • mass-energy equivalence equation
  • millicurie
  • mCi
  • nonionizing radiation
  • nuclear
  • binding energy
  • nuclear chemistry
  • nuclear fuel
  • nuclear moderator
  • nuclear reaction
  • nuclear reactor
  • nuclear transmutation
  • nucleon
  • nuclide
  • parent nuclide
  • particle accelerator
  • positron
  • +1 0 β
  • +1 0 e
  • emission
  • radiation absorbed dose
  • rad
  • radiation dosimeter
  • radiation therapy
  • radioactive decay
  • radioactive decay series
  • radioactive tracer
  • radioactivity
  • radiocarbon dating
  • radioisotope
  • radiometric dating
  • reactor coolant
  • relative biological effectiveness
  • RBE
  • roentgen equivalent man
  • rem
  • scintillation counter
  • sievert
  • Sv
  • strong nuclear force
  • subcritical mass
  • supercritical mass
  • transmutation
  • reaction
  • transuranium element
  • neutron
  • proton