15 Atomic structure

15.1 Looking inside the atom  

15.2 Alpha-particle scattering and the nucleus  

15.3 A simple model of the atom  

15.4 Nucleons and electrons  

15.5 Forces in the nucleus  

15.6 Discovering radioactivity  

15.7 Radiation from radioactive substances  

15.8 Energies in α and β decay  

15.9 Equations of radioactive decay  

15.10 Fundamental particles  

15.11 Families of particles  

15.12 Another look at β decay  

15.13 Another nuclear force

15 Atomic structure and particle physics

Exercise 15.1 Discovering the nuclear model of the atom

Exercise 15.2 Particles in the atom and some decay equations

Exercise 15.3 The nature and properties of nuclear radiation

Exercise 15.4 Fundamental particles including quarks

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