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Figure 30-5 Radioactive decay of radium to radon with emission of an alpha particleTRANSCRIPT
Fukushima
Magnitude 9.0 earthquake off of Japan, March 2011.
Background information to better understand nuclear power plants.
Sources: Giancoli Physics PPT, Wikipedia
Figure 30-2Number of neutrons versus number of protons for stable nuclides
Figure 30-5Radioactive decay of radium to radon with emission of an alpha
particle
Figure 30-8Energy-level diagram for radioactive decay
Table 30-2The Three Types of Radioactive Decay
Figure 30-9Radioactive nuclei decay one by one
Figure 30-10Exponential decay
Figure 30-11Decay series
Figure 31-1Neptunium and plutonium are produced in this series of reactions
Figure 31-2Fission, according to the liquid-
drop model
Figure 31-4Chain reaction
Figure 31-6Critical mass
Figure 31-7A nuclear reactor