The second part of the nuclear reactions lecture is posted. This section covers the mechanisms and energy ranges of nuclear reactions of interests to radiochemists. The lecture begins with scattering reactions, moves to low energy reactions, high energy reactions, then completes with photon based interactions. High energy reactions include spallation products, induced fission, and compound nucleus reactions. The lecture ends with a discussion on reactions involved in the nucleosynthesis of elements.
This lecture was really good. I found the part of formation of elements from the Big Bang fascinating. Slides 13 and 14 had no audio. Was that intentional? Also, that link at the end for that much better Q calculator is borderline cheating. Thanks for the link!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments. The web link for the Q value calculation is very helpful. Also thanks for telling me about the lack of audio on the slides. That will be fixed.
ReplyDeleteIt was quite interesting to learn about the nucleosynthesis in stars and how the elements initially formed. I had once read that iron is a "star killer" but didn't understand why until this lecture since iron-56 is the point where the fusion won't break even, so the star can no longer sustain the energy required for fusion.
ReplyDeleteIt's neat that there is no EC in nucleosynthesis in stars. I rather like the term "quark soup"
ReplyDeleteI've listened to this lecture.
ReplyDeleteI've finish the lecture. Very interesting on how other nuclides are made.
ReplyDeleteI have finished the lecture
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