nuclear physics

?
N G N N N G V Q L K W P M U F L O C G
M A B E N M T N U X J C G R G W M K I
U M W N D E F B N M A L R Y M R F J G
I M Q J F S G E Q G V E G U X H Q L X
L A A L I N H K Q C N R I V F N C N O
E S Q U S O L Q N O E R B B W G X S C
H O I Q S V W T I N E U D J O X S W M
Y V W K I U V S E T O K W X H A E F V
N J E X O R U G U I Q R S R M F A N Q
H R P L N F N E B L K T D L I H B L R
D J H K A I D K B X W I A L P W N P Q
H S H D D O A X U S S C F L D O K K V
H G P N S Y V H N I I L A P R C A X H
L I I E B L V Y F T A G W T N V G E O
J B I O N O O Q I H M D U L O D R K P
T M A Y Q Y H R V A I E E W Q X B W L
H Q N P L W C G G X N M T C N N Y V F
N M M T R C O T F W H W K O B R H V F
P L Q E A Q D Y U E C I F J M E D L U

Clues

  • Fuel obtained from water and used in fusion (9)
  • isotope has an excessively large binding energy per nucleon for its nucleon number (6)
  • joining of nuclei (6)
  • Most ionising type of radiation (5)
  • most penetrating type of radiation (5)
  • splitting of nuclei (7)
  • the energy that holds a nucleus together (13)
  • this is needed for a nuclear chain reaction (12)
  • time taken for activity of a nuclei to halve (8)
  • uncharged atomic particle (7)

Comments

Dan.Fawkes

Report

smelly

Similar Physics resources:

See all Physics resources »See all Nuclear physics resources »