1998 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
The Nucleus
verfasst von : Keith L. Watson
Erschienen in: Foundation Science for Engineers
Verlag: Macmillan Education UK
Enthalten in: Professional Book Archive
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In the previous topic we treated the nucleus as a tiny speck at the centre of the atom that determines its identity, contains most of its mass and keeps its electrons under control. In this topic we shall examine the nucleus in more detail, briefly considering its stability, together with radioactivity and transmutation (transformation of one element into another) by nuclear reactions.