Daily Objectives #2 (January 11, 2006)                                        Dr. Bartels

By the end of today's class, you should be able to do the following:

v Briefly describe the origin of nuclides and explain some reasons behind their pattern of abundances.

v List the major decay mechanisms of unstable nuclides, and illustrate the processes on a portion of the chart of the nuclides.

v Find where the homework problems are listed on the text’s companion website.

v Read Dr. Sanders’ online list of “Hints for Solving Quantitative Problems” and explain what is expected of you for completing quantitative problems in this class.

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