Nuclear physics#

Rutherford scattering, the neutron and the semi-empirical mass formula, and the fusion/fission energy release at opposite ends of the binding-energy curve, from physicskit.particle.scattering and physicskit.particle.nuclear.

Rutherford scattering and the discovery of the nucleus

Rutherford scattering and the discovery of the nucleus

Chadwick’s neutron and the Weizsacker semi-empirical mass formula

Chadwick's neutron and the Weizsacker semi-empirical mass formula

Cockcroft-Walton’s disintegration and the discovery of fission

Cockcroft-Walton's disintegration and the discovery of fission