(III) The americium nucleus, ?5Am, decays to a neptunium nucleus, 2Np, by emitting an alpha particle of mass 4.00260 u and kinetic energy 5.5 MeV. Estimate the mass of the neptunium nucleus, ignoring its recoil, given that the 241 americium mass is 241.05682 u.

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Q: Gold (Au) nuclei are accelerated to a totalenergy of2 GeV per nucleon, as measured in lab reference…

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Q: A positron is an antimatter version of the electron, having exactly the same mass. When a positron…

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Q: What is the rest energy (in joules) of a subatomic particle whose (rest) mass is 6.7×10−31 kg?  How…

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