What are the two largest forces acting on the particles in a nucleus?

What is the range of repulsion of the strong nuclear force?

What is the range of attraction of the strong nuclear force?

Explain how we know there must be a strong nuclear force.

Sketch a graph to show how the strong nuclear force changes with nucleon separation, marking on any key distances.

What is a beta minus particle also known as?

Why does a nucleus undergo nuclear decay?

How do the nucleon and proton numbers of a nucleus change in alpha decay?

What particles are emitted during beta minus decay?

What type of nuclei will undergo beta minus decay?

Describe the changes in the nucleus of an atom when it undergoes beta-minus decay.