Atomic Essays

On August 6, 1945 the US dropped an atomic bomb (“Little Boy”) on Hiroshima in Japan. Three days later a second atomic bomb (“Fat Man”) was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. These were the only times nuclear weapons have been used in war. Reasons for the bombing Many reasons …

Source E is a speech made by President Truman on the 7th of August 1945. The president is very much in favour of the bomb and has an overall positive interpretation. He supports the use of the bomb because he felt that he was under pressure to defeat Japan in …

Over the span of hundreds of years science has advanced tremendously improving our understanding of what makes up the world we live in. The atom is one of sciences important findings and has had a changing history of new discoveries, always altering the way we see things. In the early …

Reacting Lithium with water Mass of Lithium reacted 0.08g Volume of Hydrogen collected 131cm3 Titration Rough 1 2 Volume of LiOH 25cm3 25cm3 25cm3 Volume of HCl required 25.6cm3 25.4cm3 25.4cm3 Analysis 1. 2Li(s) + 2H20(l) 2LiOH(aq) + H2(g) a) Finding the number of moles of Hydrogen: To find the …

Charles Asman, Adam Monahan and Malcolm McMillan Department of Physics and Astronomy University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Fall 1999; revised 2011 by Malcolm McMillan Given here are solutions to 5 problems on the particle nature of matter. The solutions were used as a learning-tool for students in …

The Boom Discourse This introduction is intended to lead to other discussions and further analysis on the atomic bomb in U.S. history, which, apart from ending 70,000 lives on August 6th, 1945, was (and still is) also considered a necessary evil. This paper shall thus attempt to provide a qualitative …

1-Describe the periodic trend in atomic radius and relate it to atomic structure 2- Describe the periodic trend in electronegativity and relate it to atomic structure Did you know? There are atoms with no electronegativity because electro negativity refers to the attraction of atoms of electrons in a compound; elements …

Many differences can be seen between Steve Ryfle’s article “Godzilla’s Footprint” and Susan Sontag’s well known 1965 article “Imagination of Disaster” as Ryfle talks about the Japanese’s imagination perspective while Sontag talks about the American imagination perspective of there view points on science fiction films. Furthermore, Ryfle takes an intensive …

These elements bond by metallic bonds (intramolecular forces) to form giant metallic structures. The size of the atoms increases down the group Physical properties of Group II metals Ionization The process of removing an electron from an isolated atom (or an ion) to form a cation. First ionization:M(g) M+(g) + …

Ernest Rutherford’s Gold Foil Experiment was a major stepping stone one the way to discovering what the atom was really made up of. From the beginning of his research with alpha particles to his discovery of the atomic nucleus, Rutherford made many contributions to the microscopic world of the atom. …