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Thermionic Emission and Radioactivity

1) Thermionic emission and a simple qualitative treatment of a hot cathode ray tube. 2) Radioactivity and changes in the nucleus; the nature of alpha and beta particles and gamma rays (problems on half life excluded), carbon-14 dating (principle only), background radiation and safety precautions.

0AConcise
or (1)Energy of photon or emitted electrons E = h c
(2 )
=

photo

electron Frequency h Planks constant

Wavelength of Frequency photon

(3 ) (4 ) (5 )

c If A (No. A Z of

Speed

of

light

of

Mass number of element neu tro ns + no. of proto ns) No. of protons or no.

Atom ic of

num ber

of

elemen t

electrons.

Emission Emission particle

-particle
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of
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