Nuclear Physics

Physics, HSSC-KPK Second Year. This chapter is split into 47 topics and has 1,067 practice questions. The topics covered are listed below, followed by 10 free sample questions from the chapter.

Topics in this chapter

1. Spontaneous/random nuclear decay, half-life and decay law 28 questions
2. Radioactivity - discovery, alpha/beta/gamma radiation properties 28 questions
3. Atomic nucleus, nucleons and isotopes 27 questions
4. Mass defect and binding energy 28 questions
5. Mass spectrograph and unified mass scale 24 questions
6. Nuclear fission, chain reaction and nuclear reactors 28 questions
7. Interaction of radiation with matter and radiation detectors 26 questions
8. Nuclear reactions and conservation laws 24 questions
9. Basic forces of nature and building blocks of matter 29 questions
10. Nuclear fusion, radiation exposure, biological effects and medical uses 28 questions
11. Nuclide composition - protons, neutrons and nucleons (calculations) 25 questions
12. Nuclear charge, mass and size - calculations 20 questions
13. Mass spectrograph - radius, speed and mass calculations 21 questions
14. Unified mass scale - unit conversions between u, kg and MeV 20 questions
15. Mass defect and binding energy - calculations for light and medium nuclei 25 questions
16. Binding energy per nucleon and nuclear stability - calculations 23 questions
17. Alpha decay equations - daughter nuclei and conservation 22 questions
18. Beta decay equations - daughter nuclei, positron emission and neutron decay 22 questions
19. Decay series - counting alpha and beta emissions 20 questions
20. Half-life - fractions remaining and numbers of nuclei (calculations) 24 questions
21. Decay constant and half-life - conversions and comparisons 20 questions
22. Exponential decay law - calculations with the decay constant 20 questions
23. Activity - becquerel and curie calculations 20 questions
24. Radiocarbon dating - age and remaining carbon-14 calculations 20 questions
25. Gamma-ray intensity - absorption law and inverse square law calculations 20 questions
26. Nuclear reactions - completing equations with conservation laws 25 questions
27. Nuclear reaction energy Q - calculations from masses 20 questions
28. Nuclear fission energy - calculations 20 questions
29. Nuclear fusion energy - calculations and comparisons 20 questions
30. Absorbed dose - energy per unit mass calculations 23 questions
31. Quark charges and quark composition - arithmetic 28 questions
32. Fundamental forces - relative strengths, ranges and inverse-square scaling 20 questions
33. Nuclear structure and isotopes - concepts and reasoning 22 questions
34. Mass spectrograph - principle and design reasoning 22 questions
35. Binding energy curve - reading Fig 20.2 and stability reasoning 22 questions
36. Alpha, beta and gamma radiation - properties compared 22 questions
37. Discovery of radioactivity - Becquerel, the Curies and early observations 20 questions
38. Random decay, decay constant and half-life - conceptual reasoning 20 questions
39. Interaction of radiation with matter - comparisons and reasoning 20 questions
40. Geiger-Muller counter and solid state detector - operation reasoning 20 questions
41. Nuclear fission and chain reaction - reasoning and history 20 questions
42. Nuclear reactor components and types - function and design reasoning 21 questions
43. Fission versus fusion and stellar fusion cycles - comparisons and reasoning 22 questions
44. Background radiation and biological effects - sources, hazards and reasoning 20 questions
45. Radioisotope tracers and medical, biological and agricultural uses - scenarios 21 questions
46. Elementary particles - leptons, hadrons, quarks and colour force reasoning 23 questions
47. Nuclear physics - assertion and reason questions 24 questions