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Grade 9Modern Physics

The mass density of a nucleus varies with mass number A as

(a) A2

(b) A

(c) Constant

(d) 1/A

Profile image of Jitender Pal
12 Years agoGrade 9
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Profile image of Amit Saxena
12 Years ago

(c)

The nuclear radius r varies with mass number A according to the relation

r prop.  A1/3 or A prop. r3

Profile image of Rishi Sharma
5 Years ago
Dear Students
Please find below the solution to your problem.

Atomic mass = density*volume of atom.
So, density of nucleus is in depend of mass number
d= Mass no. / (4/3)​πr^3​
= A/(4/3)​π×[1.3×10^−13×A^(1/3)]^3​
= constant
= A^0

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