The Nucleus

Remember that the size of the nucleus is 10-15m.Understand that the experimental fact that all nuclei have a mass that is a multiple of some fundamental mass implies that the nucleus is made of a number of smaller particles.Understand that the fact that nuclear charge (also quantized) is less than the number of mass particles implies that there are is another particle, the neutron, in the nucleus.Remember the definitions...

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