Study Guide Chapter 21

     
Alpha particle
Beta particle
Gamma ray
Positron
Nucleons
Radioactive
Radio nuclides
Radioactive series
Nuclear decay series
Nuclear transmutations
Belt of stability
Particle accelerators
Becquerel
Half-life
Geiger counter
Mass defect  
Nuclear binding energy
Chain reaction
Critical mass
Ionizing radiation
Non-ionizing radiation
Free radicals
Fission
Fusion
Nuclear reactor
Atomic bomb
Hydrogen bomb (thermonuclear)
Gray
Rad and Rem
E = mc2
     

Equations/Tasks

Balance nuclear reactions and identification of the particle or energy emitted

Work half-life problems

Behavior of alpha, beta and gamma in magnetic field