Inorganic/Physical · Nuclear Chemistry
Nuclear Chemistry
Exam-focused revision notes on Nuclear Chemistry for CSIR-NET Chemical Sciences, GATE Chemistry and IIT-JAM — the core concepts, the formulas worth memorising, the traps that cost marks, and a quick-recall table.
Nuclear stability
Stability is governed by the neutron-to-proton ratio and the binding energy per nucleon. Radioactive decay is first-order in the number of nuclei.
What this note covers
- 1Nuclear stability
- 2Modes of decay
- 3Decay kinetics (first-order)
- 4Binding energy per nucleon
- 5Fission and fusion
- 6Radiocarbon (C-14) dating
- 7Units of activity
- 8Common traps students miss
- 930-second recall table
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