Syllabus:
- Explain how nucleus was discovered
- Convey the meaning of mass number, atomic number
- Calculate the expression of nuclear density
- Explain the existence of different isotopes of the same element
- Describe main theme of Einstein’s mass energy relation and state the relation
- Explain the meaning of mass defect and cause of it
- Describe the terms creation and annihilation
- Derive the relation of binding energy and binding energy per unit nucleon of different nuclei
- Plot a graph between BE per nucleon and mass number of different nuclei
- Define nuclear fusion and fission and explain the mechanism of energy release
- Solve numerical problems related to nuclear physics
