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Chapter 38, Problem 45P
(a)
To determine
The height of the Coulomb barrier.
(b)
To determine
The width of the barrier of a free alpha particle.
(c)
To determine
The speed of the alpha particle, the number of collision between the particle and the barrier, and the lifetime of uranium.
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