Strand 4: Modern Physics - Atomic and Nuclear

Simulations

4.1  The electron

• How the electron was discovered
• Millikan's oil drop experiment
• How a cathode ray tube works
• How CRT works in an oscilloscope
  
  

4.2  Photoelectric emission and X-ray production

>    Photoelectric effect explained

>    How X-rays work

4.3  Early models of the atom

• History of atomic structure
• Emission spectra
  
  

4.4 Radioactivity

• Types of radiation
• Observing penetrating ability of the three types of radiation
• Measuring background radiation
  
  

4.5 Mass energy equivalence

>    Force on a current carrying conductor in a magnetic field

>    Mass Defect and Binding Energy

4.6 Harnessing energy from nuclear processes

>    Nuclear Fission Vs Nuclear Fusion

>    CERN website
>    Quarks explained