Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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Author: Richard Wolfson
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Chapter 22, Problem 70P
A uranium nucleus (mass 238 u, charge 92e) decays, emitting an alpha particle (mass 4 u, charge 2e) and leaving a thorium nucleus (mass 234 u, charge 90e). At the instant the alpha particle leaves the nucleus, the centers of the two are 7.4 fm apart and essentially at rest. Treating each particle as a spherical charge distribution, find their speeds when they’re a great distance apart.
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