Atomic structure notes
Read these notes to learn about radioactivity and the benefits and drawbacks of these unique atoms.

Atomic number and mass number

The structure of an atom and the bits that make it
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Electronic arrangment

How electrons dance between the shells producing a lightshow
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The history of the atom

The history of the atom from Democritus to Chadwick. Its not Bohring
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The alpha scattering experiment

This experiment was carried out by Geiger and Muller. They later invented the London underground or tube as it is known.
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Radiation

Radiate your knowledge of alpha particles and gamma rays
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Properties of ionising radiation

Alpha particles are cool, but electrons are beta.
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Nuclear equations

Just like balancing chemical equations!
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Half-life

Not the Valve first person shooter, unfortunately.
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Irradiation and contamination

Hulk was created by irradiation and Spiderman was formed by contamination
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Background radiation

(physics only)
Don't go to Cornwall.
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Nuclear radiation in medicine

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This is all about PET and not the old Commodore PET
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Nuclear fission

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I'm in the middle of a chain reaction as Dianna Ross said
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Nuclear fusion

(physics only)
The Sun is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace...
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