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Nuclear Chemistry Web Safari |
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You will be exploring various sites related to nuclear chemistry. At each site you will be answering questions or performing activities. Record all information on a piece of loose-leaf to be submitted to me. Don't rush through these sites. Take your time and look around. |
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History of Nuclear Chemistry |
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Take a look at some of the video clips (connection speed allowing).
What are the practical applications of the heavy element Americium? |
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Nuclear Physics: Past, Present, and Future |
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1. What were the key scientific discoveries that led to the origin and development of nuclear weapons?
2. How are nuclear weapons classified?
3. How are the priniples of fission and fusion applied in nuclear weaponry?
4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear energy production? What judgment would you make about it's use?
5. How is a CAT scan different from a traditional X-ray?
6. Why was nuclear magnetic resonance imaging developed? How does it work?
7. Describe 2 methods of radiation detection?
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The Particle Adventure: The fundamentals of matter and force |
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Read through the following sections and take the quizzes in each section.
1. What is fundamental?
2. What is the world made of?
3. Particle Density and annihilation
4. How do we know any of this?
5. How do we detect what's happening? |
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The ABC's of Nuclear Science |
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Take the tour of the nuclear wall chart. |
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Nuclear Chemistry and the Community |
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1. How was the process of fission discovered?
2. How was the element plutonium first created? How is it made now?
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