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Define impact parameter.

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12 Years agoGrade upto college level
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12 Years ago
Theimpact parameteris defined as the perpendicular distance between the path of a projectile and the centre of the field created by an object that the projectile is approaching. It is often referred to in Nuclear Physics, as well as in Classical Mechanics.