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Find the rest mass energy of electron. a.) 0.8 MeV b.) 1.66 amu c.) 0.5119 MeV

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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer8 Years ago

The rest mass energy of an electron is calculated from:

Hence option D is correct.    = 511 keV = 0.511 MeVE
 keV2)8 10x (3.0 x-31 10x = (9.1 E
keVE = m0c2 
2E = mc