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Show that a slow neutron (called a thermal neutron) that is scattered through 90° in an elastic collision with a deuteron, that is initially at rest, loses two-thirds of its initial kinetic energy to the deuteron. (The mass of a neutron is 1.01 u; the mass of a deuteron is 2.01 u.)

Show that a slow neutron (called a thermal neutron) that is scattered through 90° in an elastic collision with a deuteron, that is initially at rest, loses two-thirds of its initial kinetic energy to the deuteron. (The mass of a neutron is 1.01 u; the mass of a deuteron is 2.01 u.)

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Deepak Patra
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bilal malik
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Show that a slow neutron (called a thermal neutron) that is scattered through 90° in an elastic collision with a deuteron, that is initially at rest, loses two-thirds of its initial kinetic energy to the deuteron. (The mass of a neutron is 1.01 u; the mass of a deuteron is 2.01 u.)
 

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