MERLOT Materials

Tutorials on fundamentals of nuclear and particle physics. Many foreign language versions available.

A primer on nuclear radiation/radioactive decay. Covers atoms, subatomic particles, isotopes, and radioactive decay... see more

Hyperlinked exploration of nuclear physics, including particles, structure, radiation, and applications.

Can you teach radioactivity using inquiry? Yes! To beginning science students? Of course! Topics include general... see more

A basic tutorial on nuclear physics, written for those with little experience in physics.

A group of simulations on the physical and geometric nature of light along with applications of electromagnetic... see more

A Shockwave simulation designed to illustrate the basic principles and operation of a mass spectrometer.

A very large collection of links to nuclear physics and radioactivity web site resources.

Experiments in Modern Physics conducted remotely via the Web.

A complete set of simulations for the second semester of a college level physics class.

A tutorial on elementary particle physics. Topics discussed include fundamental forces and their relative strengths, the... see more

Interative representation of radioactive decay series: Th232, Pu241, U238, U235.

An applet that demonstrates the rate of conversion from parent nucleus to daughter nucleus in radioactivity.

Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues

Interactive quiz. When you click on one of the photo options below, a bubble chamber photograph will appear. For each one... see more

An online Chart of the Nuclides divided into 29 parts. Clicking on each part zooms in closer on the nuclear properties of... see more

This animation simulates a nuclear power plant.

A collection of interactive games and information links regarding particle physics.

Discussion of how a particle accelerator works, different types of particle accelerators, basic parts of particle... see more

This tutorial introduces the physics behind elementary particle research through interactive simulations, virtual... see more

Interactive tutorials about various topics in particle physics.

The observed NMR spectrum of a solid powder is the summed signal from crystallites over all possible orientations... see more

This tutorial shows the Fourier relationship between a damped oscillating exponential (a detected FT-NMR transition) and... see more

This tutorial is very similar to the Dipolar Powder Patterns tutorial, in that is illustrates the observed spectrum of a... see more