Revision: ADVANCED PHYSICS – Atomic & Nuclear Physics Report a question What's wrong with this question? You cannot submit an empty report. Please add some details. Advanced Physics: Atomic & Nuclear Physics - Revision Quiz Test your understanding of Advanced Physics: Atomic & Nuclear Physics here: 1 / 5 1) What is the force that binds protons and neutrons in a nucleus? gravitational force electromagnetic force weak nuclear force strong nuclear force 2 / 5 2) Nobelium-259 has a half-life of 3500 s. What is the decay constant of nobelium-259? 8.7 × 10–5 s–1 1.2 × 10–2 s–1 2.0 × 10–4 s–1 1.7 × 10–2 s–1 3 / 5 3) During a single fission event of uranium-235 in a nuclear reactor the total mass lost is 0.23 u. The reactor is 25% efficient. 1 u = 1.661 × 10–27 kg How many events per second are required to generate 900 MW of power? 1.1 × 1020 1.1 × 1014 4.4 × 1020 6.6 × 1018 4 / 5 4) Lithium-7 has the following symbol: The following are the masses of three particles: Proton: 1.00728 u Neutron: 1.00867 u Nucleus of lithium-7: 7.01436 What is the mass defect of a lithium-7 nucleus? 4.99841 u 0.04077 u 0.04216 u 0.04147 u 5 / 5 5) The binding energy (B.E.) per nucleon is a useful measure of the stability of a nucleus. Which graph shows how the B.E. per nucleon varies with nucleon number (A)? Your score is Restart quiz
