AP Physics Units
III.
ATOMIC & NUCLEAR PHYSICS Unit
-Modern Physics (4 weeks)
A.
Atomic Physics and Quantum Effects
1.
Photons and the Photoelectric effect
2.
X-ray production
3.
Electron energy levels
4.
5.
Wave nature of matter
B.
Nuclear Physics
1.
Atomic mass, mass number, atomic number
2.
Mass defect and nuclear binding energy
3.
Nuclear processes
a.
modes of radioactive decay (α, β, γ)
b.
fission
c.
fusion
4.
Mass-Energy Equivalence and Conservation of Mass and Energy, E=mc^2
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