(II) Determine the fraction of kinetic energy lost by a neutron (m1 = 1.01 u) when it collides head-on and elastically with a target particle at rest which is (a) H (m = 1.01 u); (b) {H (heavy hydrogen, m = 2.01 u); (c) ?C (m = 12.00 u); (d) ²Pb (lead, m = 208 u). %D

(II) Determine the fraction of kinetic energy lost by a neutron (m1 = 1.01 u) when it collides head-on and elastically with a target particle at rest which is (a) H (m = 1.01 u); (b) {H (heavy hydrogen, m = 2.01 u); (c) ?C (m = 12.00 u); (d) ²Pb (lead, m = 208 u). %D

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(II) Determine the fraction of kinetic energy lost by
a neutron (m1 = 1.01 u) when it collides head-on and
elastically with a target particle at rest which is (a) H
(m = 1.01 u); (b) {H (heavy hydrogen, m = 2.01 u);
(c) ?C (m = 12.00 u); (d) ²Pb (lead, m = 208 u).
%D

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