(a) If a helium nucleus scatters to an angle of 150° during an elastic collision with a gold nucleus, calculate the helium nucleus' final speed (in m/s) and the final velocity (magnitude in m/s and direction counterclockwise from the +x-axis) of the gold nucleus. 4He speed m/s 197 7 Au velocity m/s 197A Au direction ° counterclockwise from the +x-axis (b) What is the final kinetic energy (in J) of the helium nucleus?
(a) If a helium nucleus scatters to an angle of 150° during an elastic collision with a gold nucleus, calculate the helium nucleus' final speed (in m/s) and the final velocity (magnitude in m/s and direction counterclockwise from the +x-axis) of the gold nucleus. 4He speed m/s 197 7 Au velocity m/s 197A Au direction ° counterclockwise from the +x-axis (b) What is the final kinetic energy (in J) of the helium nucleus?
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![Ernest Rutherford (the first New Zealander to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry) demonstrated that nuclei were very small and dense by scattering helium-4 nuclei
197
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(*He) from gold-197 nuclei (19 Au). The energy of the incoming helium nucleus was 7.58 x 10-13 ), and the masses of the helium and gold nuclei were 6.68 x 10
kg and
3.29 х 10
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kg, respectively (note that their mass ratio is 4 to 197). (Assume that the helium nucleus travels in the +x direction before the collision.)
(a) If a helium nucleus scatters to an angle of 150° during an elastic collision with a gold nucleus, calculate the helium nucleus' final speed (in m/s) and the final velocity
(magnitude in m/s and direction counterclockwise from the +x-axis) of the gold nucleus.
4Нe speed
m/s
197
Au velocity
m/s
197
Au direction
° counterclockwise from the +x-axis
(b) What is the final kinetic energy (in J) of the helium nucleus?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fb1a7abe3-0d8d-4b4b-9a95-ae662e2c309b%2Fd1975822-79c0-4991-8a52-76e615583528%2F67gyw_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Ernest Rutherford (the first New Zealander to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry) demonstrated that nuclei were very small and dense by scattering helium-4 nuclei
197
-27
(*He) from gold-197 nuclei (19 Au). The energy of the incoming helium nucleus was 7.58 x 10-13 ), and the masses of the helium and gold nuclei were 6.68 x 10
kg and
3.29 х 10
-25
kg, respectively (note that their mass ratio is 4 to 197). (Assume that the helium nucleus travels in the +x direction before the collision.)
(a) If a helium nucleus scatters to an angle of 150° during an elastic collision with a gold nucleus, calculate the helium nucleus' final speed (in m/s) and the final velocity
(magnitude in m/s and direction counterclockwise from the +x-axis) of the gold nucleus.
4Нe speed
m/s
197
Au velocity
m/s
197
Au direction
° counterclockwise from the +x-axis
(b) What is the final kinetic energy (in J) of the helium nucleus?
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