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Give two observations of Rutherfords alpha-scattering experiment
Most of the particles passed straight through the thin gold foil with very little scattering,very few of the alpha particles deflected through angles >90degrees
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What did we discover from the first and s cond observation
We discovered the existence of the nucleus and that it was positively charged
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What does nucleon refer to
Proton and neutron (hence nucleon number is th number of protons and neutrons)
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What force keeps the protons together (ideally in a nucleus)
Strong nuclear force
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Does the strong nuclear force act between all nucleons
Yes
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What is weak nuclear force responsible for
Beta decay
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What is a fundamental particle
A particle that has no internal structure and hence cannot be divided into smaller bits
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What two families are subatomic particles classed into
Hadrons and leptons
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What are hadrons
Particles and antiparticles that are affected by the strong nuclear force
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What are leptons
Particles and antiparticles that are not affected by strong nuclear forces
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What is a particle containing a quark called
A hadron
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Name the three types of quarks with there antiquarks and
Up anti-up, down anti-down, strange anti-strange
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Name the charges for the up quark down quark and strange quark
Up quark = 2/3, down quark=-1/3,strange quark=-1/3
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What are baryons
Hadrons that are made up with a combination of three quarks or three anti-quarks ( no mixing of quark and anti-quark
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What are mesons
Mesons ar hadrons that are made with a combination of quarks and anti-quarks ( so you can mix quarks with anti- quarks)
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What are neutrinos
Fundamental particle that carry no charge and have tiny mass
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Name a type of neutrino with its corresponding anti- neutrino
Electron neutrino and electron anti-neutrino
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What is annihilation
It's when a particle and its anti particle meet which causes them to completely destroy each other
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What happens to the masses of the particle and anti particle when annihilation occurs
The masses of both the particle and antiparticle are converted to high-energy pair of protons
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