JEE Main 2003 Physics question
When a nucleus originally at rest, decays by emitting an alpha particle having a speed ' ', the recoil speed of the residual nucleus is
Answer: (3)
Solution
Momentum conservation: ; the residual (thorium) nucleus has mass number 234 and recoils opposite to the α-particle. Its recoil speed (magnitude) is
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