Physics A-Level
Volume ratios
What Volume ratios means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Volume ratios
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Reference: OCR
Because volume depends on the cube of the radius, the atom's volume is about 10¹⁵ times the nuclear volume.
Topics that use Volume ratios
- The nuclear atom (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Atomic and nuclear density
- Atomic and nuclear dimensions
- Atomic structure
- Charge and neutrality
- Evidence from scattering
- Force-separation relationship
- Isotopes
- Nuclear notation
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