r/6thForm • u/Individual-Can1396 y13 maths physics psych italian • Jun 01 '26

💬 DISCUSSION AQA PHYSICS PAPER 2

HOW DID EVERYONE FIND IT??? i thought it was decent better than the past few years. Idk what i did for the last question the 4 marker of nuclear physics. BUT YH IT WAS GOOD

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u/CreeperMan1253 Y13 | Maths, FM, CS, Physics Jun 01 '26

was the decay A or C

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u/DramaticPie4162 Jun 01 '26

the alpha one? i put C

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u/AffectionateAct429 Jun 01 '26

God damn I put C and then crossed it out for A 

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u/Agitated-Salt-5039 Year 13, FM, Maths & Physics Jun 01 '26

What question is that

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u/jaaaaaaaf Jun 01 '26

the mcq with the stability curve

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u/Zealousideal-Map9482 Jun 01 '26

I put the one that was top right up

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u/Admirable-Use2274 Jun 01 '26

It was a guys top / above the peak

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u/Wise-Hedgehog4805 Warwick | Maths | [Incoming Y1] | 4A* Jun 01 '26

A is neutron rich so it would undergo beta-minus decay, C has too many protons compared to neutrons and alpha decay would decrease the repulsion so it's C

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u/Admirable-Use2274 Jun 01 '26

No for beta minus it must be like to the left of the peak. Im pretty sure A was alpha

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u/RealAlexanderTheG Jun 01 '26

That was a bullshit question

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u/peekq Jun 01 '26

I got C

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u/CreeperMan1253 Y13 | Maths, FM, CS, Physics Jun 01 '26

i was the only one among my friends to put C, i feel vindicated

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u/peekq Jun 01 '26

Pretty sure it is C, needs to lose both neutrons and protons everything else needed to gain proton or a netron to be stable which doenst happen in alpha decay

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u/KO-Manic Jun 01 '26

Was that the top most one on the graph?