Nuclear equations
What Nuclear equations means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Must balance in both mass number and atomic number, so the emitted particle's symbol explains exactly how the nucleus changes.
Equations in which the total mass number and total proton number must balance on both sides.
Topics that use Nuclear equations
- Nuclear equations (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Alpha decay
- Beta decay
- Beta emission
- Gamma emission
- Nuclear equation
- Alpha emission
- Alpha particle emission
- balanced nuclear equation
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