Purdue PHYS 342 L15.5: Nuclear Structure and Decay: Radioactive Decay

Table of Contents:
00:09 Lecture 15.5: Radioactive Decay
01:16 Because there are no external forces, momentum and energy are conserved in a radioactive decay process
01:50 Alpha decay – an example
05:54 Why alpha decay?
13:19 Why Alpha Decay?
15:27 The Energetics of Alpha Decay
19:26 Beta decay – an example
22:30 It is interesting that a free neutron is unstable
24:38 A problem with spins
26:57 The energetics of beta decay?
29:18 Gamma decay – an example
30:50 Generic Low Energy (non-relativistic) Nuclear Reactions
32:13 Energetics of Rutherford's First Nuclear Reaction
32:57 Up Next

Purdue PHYS 342 provides an introduction to the physical principles underlying topics in Modern Physics. This course is intended to provide engineering undergraduate students with a firm base from which they can extend their understanding of the quantum world.