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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Mass Defect and Binding Energy

9th - 10th
Nuclear binding energy is the energy required to split an atom's nucleus into protons and neutrons. Mass defect is the difference between the predicted mass and the actual mass of an atom's nucleus. The binding energy of a system can...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to Exponential Decay

9th - 10th
Introduction to Exponential Decay. Using the exponential decay formula to calculate k, calculating the mass of carbon-14 remaining after a given time, and calculating the time it takes to have a specific mass remaining. [9:19]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Photon Momentum

9th - 10th
In this video, David (and surfer Dan) explain how to determine the momentum of a photon.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: More Exponential Decay Examples

9th - 10th
A few more examples of exponential decay. Practice calculating k from half-life, and calculating initial mass. [7:22]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Quantum Numbers

9th - 10th
The video lesson is from Khan Academy's physics library. The lesson provides a definition of orbital as region of high probability for finding electron, and how quantum numbers are used to describe the orbitals. Compares Bohr model...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Quantum Numbers for the First Four Shells

9th - 10th
The video lesson is from Khan Academy's physics library. This lesson demonstrates the calculating of number of orbitals and number of electrons in different kinds of orbitals for n = 1 to 4. Also, the instructor explains that only two...
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Spooky Science: Quantum Entanglement

9th - 10th
In the quantum world, physics can get pretty strange.