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Balanced nuclear equation — OCR GCSE Physics A Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Physics · key term

Balanced nuclear equation

Definition

An equation representing a nuclear change in which the totals of the mass numbers and charge numbers are equal on both sides.

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OCR GCSE Physics A · J249

Specification P6.1f · Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 4 (Higher)

Revise: Balanced equations for decay

OCR Physics A past papers

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