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What is the closest distance of approach of an Alpha paricle of energy 6MeV to a Gold nucleus (Z=79)?

What is the closest distance of approach of an Alpha paricle of energy 6MeV to a Gold nucleus (Z=79)?

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Ramesh V
70 Points
14 years ago

Alpha scattering by gold

This graph shows the energy in MeV of an alpha particle at distances r from a gold nucleus,

Z = 79.

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From graph for 6Mev . distance is arnd 3*10-14m

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regards

Ramesh

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