A-Level lesson for AQA specification (section 3.8.1.4 Nuclear instability).
Includes powerpoint with activities linked to lesson objectives and exam questions for practice.
Lesson Objectives:
- Students can calculate the mass and atomic number from decaying atoms.
- Students can qualitatively explain the valley of stability in a graph of N vs Z. Students can explain why different isotopes are more likely to decay through certain radioactive emissions.
- Students can explain why nuclear decay through alpha and beta emission also leads to gamma emission.
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