CAIE A-Level Physics A2 23.1.5 What Is Meant By Nuclear Fusion and Nuclear Fission Topic Practice

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Cambridge International AS & A Level Physics (9702)

12. Motion in a circle

13. Gravitational fields

14. Temperature

15. Ideal gases

16. Thermodynamics

17. Oscillations

18. Electric fields

19. Capacitance

20. Magnetic fields

21. Alternating currents

22. Quantum physics

23. Nuclear physics

23.1 Mass defect and nuclear binding energy

23.1.1—The equivalence between energy and mass as represented by E = mc 2 and

23.1.2—Simple nuclear reactions by nuclear equations of the form NH eO H7 14 2 4 8

23.1.3—The terms mass defect and binding energy

23.1.4—The variation of binding energy per nucleon with nucleon number

23.1.5—What is meant by nuclear fusion and nuclear fission

23.1.6—The relevance of binding energy per nucleon to nuclear reactions

23.1.7—The energy released in nuclear reactions using E = c 2∆m

23.2 Radioactive decay

24. Medical physics

25. Astronomy and cosmology

Practical assessment skills

Mathematical, data, formula and circuit-symbol skills

A-Level/CAIE/Physics//A2/Question Bank/23. Nuclear physics/23.1 Mass defect and nuclear binding energy/23.1.5—What is meant by nuclear fusion and nuclear fission

Question 1

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State what is meant by nuclear fusion.

(two small) nuclei join together
to form one larger nucleus

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