diff --git a/302. NUCE 2100 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering/2024-08-27 Introduction.md b/302. NUCE 2100 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering/2024-08-27 Introduction.md index dd56feca..4090b073 100644 --- a/302. NUCE 2100 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering/2024-08-27 Introduction.md +++ b/302. NUCE 2100 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering/2024-08-27 Introduction.md @@ -109,3 +109,27 @@ The chart of the nuclides is how we understand chains of decay, and what will tu Any process that releases energy is referred to as radioactive decay. **Radionuclide** - an unstable nuclide that is going to decay. +Types of radiation +1. Electromagnetic - Energy transmitted as electromagnetic waves + 1. radio, microwave, infrared, etc + 2. Characterized by its frequency + 3. wave-particle business + 4. Photons! + 5. Ionizing at the gamma / x ray range. + 1. gamma $\gamma$ rays are super high energy + 2. They happen when atoms rearrange themselves. Excess energy is emitted as a gamma ray. +2. Ionizing Radiation - Enough energy to remove one or more electrons from an atom + +# Doing Math +## Nuclear Decay +Decay is a random process. +**Decay constant:** +$$\lambda = \frac{\text{decay}}{\text{nucleus-second}}$$ + +Activity is the amount of decays per second +$N$ is the number of nuclei present. these are functions of time. +**Activity:** +$$ A(t) = \lambda N(t) $$ +$$N(t) = N(0) e^{-\lambda t}$$ +Half life is a derivative of activity: +$$ t_{1/2} = \frac{0.693}{\lambda}$$ \ No newline at end of file