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The nucleus
Explain what the nucleus is made of, specifically mentioning protons and neutrons.
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CambridgeIGCSEPhysicsNuclear physics
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- Explain what the nucleus is made of, specifically mentioning protons and neutrons.
- Identify the relative charges of protons, neutrons, and electrons, which are +1, 0, and -1, respectively.
- Clarify the definitions of proton number (atomic number) Z and nucleon number (mass number) A, and demonstrate how to calculate the number of neutrons in a nucleus using A.
- Utilize the nuclide notation X Z to represent nuclei.
- Describe what an isotope is and acknowledge that an element can have multiple isotopes.
- Outline the processes of nuclear fission and fusion, focusing on the splitting or joining of nuclei, including the nuclide equation and a qualitative overview of mass and energy changes without numerical values.
- Understand the connection between the proton number and the relative charge of a nucleus.
- Recognize the relationship between the nucleon number and the relative mass of a nucleus.
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