Nuclear Reactions
Knowledge you need to have:
Knowledge you need to have:
Knowledge that nuclear fusion reactors require charged particles at a very high temperature (plasma) which have to be contained by magnetic fields.
Skills you need to develop:
Skills you need to develop:
Use of nuclear equations to describe radioactive decay, fission (spontaneous and induced) and fusion reactions, with reference to mass and energy equivalence.
Use of an appropriate relationship to solve problems involving the mass loss and the energy released by a nuclear reaction.
Class Material:
Class Material:
