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Nuclear Chemistry: Key Concepts from Ziegler's Chapter 21 - Prof. Zelda Ziegler, Assignments of Chemistry

The key concepts from chapter 21 of ziegler's textbook, focusing on nuclear chemistry. Students are encouraged to write nuclear symbols, balance nuclear equations, and understand the relationship between activity, rate constant, and half-life for radioactive isotopes. Additionally, they will learn about the concepts of nuclear fission and nuclear fusion, and how to calculate binding energies of nuclei.

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CH 223 -Ziegler Chapter 21
KEY CONCEPTS
KEY CONCEPTS KEY CONCEPTS
KEY CONCEPTS
10th Edition
Class period 1 - Reading pp. 900 - 904
1. Write nuclear symbols for the proton, neutron, electron (= β particle), alpha
(α) particle, gamma ( γ ) ray, and positron. Problems 21.9, 21.10
2. Write balanced nuclear equations. Problems 21.11, 21.23
Class period 2 - Reading pp. 910 (m) - 913
3. Relate activity to numbers of atoms decaying. Problem 21.37
4. Relate activity to rate constant and amount of a radioactive isotope present.
Problem 21.34, 21.36
5. Relate rate constant to half-life for a radioactive isotope. Problem 21.34
6. Relate time, mass, and rate constant for a radioactive isotope. Problems
21.39, 21.40, 21.41
Class period 3 - Reading pp. 916 - 925
7. Relate m to E for nuclear processes. Problem 21.43, 21.44, 21.50
8. Calculate binding energies of nuclei. Problem 21.45, 21.47 a) b)
9. Define nuclear fission and nuclear fusion.
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CH 223 -Ziegler Chapter 21

KEY CONCEPTSKEY CONCEPTSKEY CONCEPTSKEY CONCEPTS 10 th^ Edition

Class period 1 - Reading pp. 900 - 904

  1. Write nuclear symbols for the proton, neutron, electron (= β particle), alpha (α) particle, gamma ( γ ) ray, and positron. Problems 21.9, 21.
  2. Write balanced nuclear equations. Problems 21.11, 21.

Class period 2 - Reading pp. 910 (m) - 913

  1. Relate activity to numbers of atoms decaying. Problem 21.
  2. Relate activity to rate constant and amount of a radioactive isotope present.Problem 21.34, 21.
  3. Relate rate constant to half-life for a radioactive isotope. Problem 21.
  4. Relate time, mass, and rate constant for a radioactive isotope. Problems 21.39, 21.40, 21.

Class period 3 - Reading pp. 916 - 925

  1. Relate ∆m to ∆E for nuclear processes. Problem 21.43, 21.44, 21.
  2. Calculate binding energies of nuclei. Problem 21.45, 21.47 a) b)
  3. Define nuclear fission and nuclear fusion.

CH 223 -Ziegler Chapter 21

KEY CONCEPTSKEY CONCEPTSKEY CONCEPTSKEY CONCEPTS 10 th^ Edition

Answers to problems

21.10 a) 01 n b) −^01 ec) 24 He or 24 α

21.34 t½ = 2.60 min 21.36. October 2007 21.38 4.4 x 10^3 yr 21.42 9 x 10^6 kJ 21.50 a) 1.698 x 10^12 Joules/mole b) 3.14 x 10^11 Joules/mole c) 1.771 x 10^12 Joules/mole