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Chapter 11, Problem 68EAP
The nucleus of the polonium isotope 214Po (mass 214 u) is radio-active and decays by emitting an alpha particle (a helium nucleus with mass 4 u). Laboratory experiments measure the speed of the alpha particle to be 1.92 × 107 m/s. Assuming the polonium nucleus was initially at rest, what is the recoil speed of the nucleus that remains after the decay?
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