Chapter Introduction and Basic concepts

Chapter 1. Introduction and Basic concepts

• Chapter 1. Introduction and Basic concepts

• Chapter 2. Radiation

• Chapter 3. Basic Instrumentation for Nuclear Technology

• Chapter 4. Power From Fission

• Chapter 5. Thermonuclear Fusion

• Chapter 6. Nuclear Weapons

• Chapter 7. Nuclear Waste

• Chapter 8. Radioactive isotopes and Their Applications

• Chapter 9. Nuclear Analysis Methods

• Chapter 10. Nuclear Technology in Industry and Agriculture

• Chapter 11. Medical Applications of Nuclear Technology

• Chapter 12. Impact, Issues and Future of Nuclear Technology  

1) Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering, J.Kenneth Shultis and Richard E.Faw (Marcel Dekker)

• 1) Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering, J.Kenneth Shultis and Richard E.Faw (Marcel Dekker)

• 2) Nuclear Physics - Principles and Applications, J.S.Lilley, (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd )

• 3) Nuclear Technology, Joseph A. Angelo,Jr (Greenwood Press)

• 4) Nuclear Energy – Principles, Practices, and Prospects, David Bodansky (Springer)

• 5) Introduction to Nuclear Technology, Lecture notes by Chung Chieh

• Class discussion and home work 40%

• Midterm report 10%

• Final Exam 50%

• The Significance of Nuclear Technology
• Early Discoveries
• Basic Facts and Definitions
• 4.Units
• SI system, Physical constants, natural unit
• 5.Nuclear Reactions

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medicine, basic research, agriculture, industry, archaeology, geology, environmental science, and space exploration

• medicine, basic research, agriculture, industry, archaeology, geology, environmental science, and space exploration

• nuclear technology has played a dominant role in national security and geopolitics

• GDP 4.7% (USA)

Atomic Bomb - the age of nuclear weaponry.

• Atomic Bomb - the age of nuclear weaponry.

• Human beings were capable of unleashing wholesale destruction on planet Earth

• Pandora Box deliver misfortune into the house of man

1803, J.Dalton， suggested that each chemical element was composed of a particular type of atom.

• 1803, J.Dalton， suggested that each chemical element was composed of a particular type of atom.

• 1811, A.Avogadro, Avogadro’s Law.

• 1869, Mendeleev，

Atom - smallest unit of a chemical element

• Atom - smallest unit of a chemical element

• Size on the order of 10-8 cm (1 Angstrom)
• Contains Z electrons (Qe = -1e, me = 0.511 MeV/c2)
• e = 1.602x10-19 Coulomb
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• Nucleus –
• Size on the order of 10-13 cm (1 Fermi )
• Contains more than 99.9% of the mass of the atom
• Made of Z protons and N neutrons
• Proton (Qp = +1e, mp = 938.28 MeV/c2 )
• Neutron (Qn = 0, mn = 939.57 MeV/c2 )
• A = Atomic mass = Z + N
• Held together by strong nuclear force
• ZXN where X = chemical symbol

• The Significance of Nuclear Technology
• Early Discoveries
• Basic Facts and Definitions
• 4.Units
• SI system, Physical constants, natural unit
• 5.Nuclear Reactions

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1) The nucleus and its constituents

• 1) The nucleus and its constituents

Nuclide核素: a term used to refer to a particular atom or nucleus with a specific neutron number N and atomic (proton) number Z.

• Nuclide核素: a term used to refer to a particular atom or nucleus with a specific neutron number N and atomic (proton) number Z.

• Isotopes同位素: atoms of the same element with different number of neutron

• isobar同量异位素: nuclides with the same mass number A = N + Z but with different number of neutrons N and protons Z.

• Isotone同中子异位素: nuclides with the same number of neutrons N but different number of protons Z.

• isomer同质异能素 : the same nuclide (same Z and N) in which the nucleus is in different long lived excited states.

• The Significance of Nuclear Technology
• Early Discoveries
• Basic Facts and Definitions
• 4.Units
• Grammar, SI system, Physical constants, natural unit
• 5.Nuclear Reactions

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Grammar

• Grammar

"International System of Units“

• "International System of Units“

• (1) Base units

• (2) derived units which are combinations of the base units,

• (3) supplementary units

• (4) temporary units which are in widespread use for special applications.

• (5) Special Nuclear Units

• The Significance of Nuclear Technology
• Early Discoveries
• Basic Facts and Definitions
• 4.Units
• 5.Nuclear Reactions

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