Chemistry
418/518 Nuclear Chemistry Winter
2009
Instructor:
Email:lovelanw@onid.orst.edu web:
http://www.orst.edu/dept/nchem
Class
Meeting Time and Place:MW 2000-2120 GBAD 101
Textbooks:
Modern Nuclear Chemistry, W.
Course website
Tentative
Schedule
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Lecture |
Date |
Topic |
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1 |
1/5 |
Chap. 1 |
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2 |
1/7 |
Chap. 3 |
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3 |
1/12 |
Chap. 2 |
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4 |
1/14 |
Chap. 2 |
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5 |
1/21 |
Chap. 6 |
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6 |
1/26 |
Chap. 6. |
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7 |
1/28
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Chap
7 |
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8 |
2/2 |
TEST |
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9 |
2/4 |
Chap. 8 |
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10 |
2/9 |
Chap. 9 |
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11 |
2/11 |
Chap. 10 |
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12 |
2/16 |
Chap. 10 |
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13 |
2/18 |
Chap. 11 |
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14
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2/23 |
Chap. 12 |
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15
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2/25 |
TEST |
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16 |
3/2 |
Heavy Elements | Chap. 15 |
17 |
3/4 |
Int. Rad. Matter | Chap. 17 |
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18 |
3/9 |
Int. Rad. Matter | Chap. 17 |
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1 |
3/11 |
Chap. 18 |
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FINAL
EXAMINATION--March 16, 2009 2000
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GRADING
CRITERIA: Homework
300 pts., Examinations 300 pts., Final 400 pts.,
>250
pts. = C, >500 pts. = B, >750 pts. = A.
There
will be weekly homework assignments.
Learning
Objectives
Students
should acquire the ability to explain correctly the major ideas associated
with the topics listed below, to work numerical problems involving these concepts
and to extend the use of these concepts to unknown situations. The topics
are:
(a) the nomenclature used to describe nuclei, their
structure, reactions and decay
(b) the structure of nucleons
(c)
relativistic descriptions of nuclear phenomena
(d) the systematics of nuclear masses and the use
of these masses in calculations
(e) the semi-empirical mass equation
(f) the sizes, shapes and regions of permanent deformation
of nuclei
(g) the quantum mechanical properties of nuclei,
angular momentum, magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole moments
(h) radioactive decay kinetics, including equilibria
(i) naturally occurring radioactivity
(j) radiodating
(k) the design and execution of radiotracer experiments
(l) nuclear medicine and radiopharmacy
(m) the nuclear shell model and its application
(n) the collective model and its application
(o) the nucleus as a Fermi gas
(p) alpha decay (energetics, theory, hindrance factors)
(q) beta decay (types, spectral shapes,decay constant)
(r) gamma decay (types, transition probabilities,
internal conversion)
(s) nuclear reactions (energetics, cross sections,
reaction mechanisms with special emphasis on heavy ion reactions and high
energy reactions)
(t) fission (probability of fission, fission product
distributions, dynamical proerties and excitation energies of fragments)
(u) nucleosynthesis (primordial and stellar)
(v)
the solar neutrino problem
(w)
the physics and chemistry of the transuranium elements and their synthesis
Lesson #2--Radioactive Decay Kinetics
Problem Set 1 Due 12 January, 2009
Problem Set #1 --powerpoint pdf
Chapter 1 Sample Problems--ppt mov
Chapter 3 Sample Problems--ppt mov
Lesson #4--Quantum Mechanical Properties of the Nucleus
Problem Set 2 Due 21 January, 2009
Problem Set #2--LSM 2-5,2-7,2-15,2-19,2-21
Problem Set #3 Due 26 January, 2009
Lesson #6 The Collective and Fermi Gas Models
Problem Set #4 Due 28 January, 2009
Problem Set #4--LSM 6-6, 6-8, 6-9, 6-12
Problem Set #5--LSM 7-13,7-14,7-15,8-2,8-4
Problem Set #5 Due 9 February, 2009
Lesson #10 Nuclear Reactions 1
Problem Set #6--LSM 9-3,9-6,9-8. 10-5,10-8,10-16
Problem Set 6 Due 16 February, 2009
Lesson #11 Nuclear Reactions 2
Problem Set #7 LSM 10-10,10-11, 11-1, 11-4, 11-7
Problem Set 7 Due 23 February, 2008
Lesson #13 Nuclear Astrophysics
Problem Set 8 Due 2 March, 2009
Lesson #14 The Transuranium Elements
Problem Set 8 Due 2 March, 2009
Problem Set # 9 LSM 15-1,15-3, 15-5, 15-7, 17-1, 17-8, 17-10
Problem Set 9 Due 9March, 2008
Lesson #15 Interaction of Radiation with Matter--Charged Particles
Lesson #16 Interaction of Radiation with Matter--Photons and Neutrons