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1 - Isotopes and Nuclear Instability HOMEWORK
Year 2025-26
Date Due
Sept. 8, 2025, 8 a.m.
Additional Info
In OneNote;
In the following section;
Unit 7 > Lesson 01.
Please Complete;
1 - Isotopes and Nuclear Instability HOMEWORK
Notes;
- You may assume all isotopes are neutral, so
- # protons = # electrons = # Atomic (Proton) Number
- Remember Mass Number = # Protons + # Neutrons
And for those interested in following up on Hetties query about empty space not being empty, here is the Youtube video I was talking about. A couple of things to note;
- This topic goes way beyond even A-Level - as far as you are concerned, you must live life at GCSE level thinking it is empty for now! https://youtu.be/J3xLuZNKhlY?si=pmG61SlAkfhRCyv6
- If you haven't seen his videos before, he's been making them for years, so they have changed a lot over the years but cover all kinds of science, engineering, astronomy, maths topics, and most are 'followable' at a GCSE level (the link above is an unusually quite advanced one for his usual style of video)
- If you like his style and want a bit of positive doomscrolling through his back catalogue, this is one of my favourites of his;
- Beaker Ball Balance Problem
- (The 'explained' solution video is out there somewhere to find if you want to know the answer!)