(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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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
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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
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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?
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