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5. Polonium-210 (210 8 Po) has an atomic mass of 209.982848 u and decays via the emission of an .. particle to Lead-206 (2068,Pb) which has an atomic mass of 205.974440 u. The alpha particle has a mass of 4.00153 u.
The decay scheme can be represented as shown: 25% Po ~ 28 Pb + a a. What is the difference in mass between 210 Po and its daughter products (206Pb and a) (in u)? b. How much energy must the a particle carry away in the form of kinetic energy (in MeV)? c. At what maximum speed will a particles be found to be ejected from the 210 Po decay? (You can assume that the 210 Po and 206Pb remain at rest and you can ignore relativistic effects.)

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