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ISBN: 9780805303087

Author: Randy Harris

Publisher: Addison Wesley

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Chapter 2, Problem 89E

89. The boron−14 nucleus (mass: 14.02266 u) “beta decays,” spontaneously becoming an electron (mass: 000055 u) and a carbon−14 nucleus (mass: 13.99995 u). What will be the speeds and kinetic energies of the carbon−14 nucleus and the electron? (Note: A neutrino is also produced. We consider the case in which its momentum and energy are negligible. Also, because the carbon−14 nucleus is much more massive than the electron, it recoils “slowly”; γ u ≅ 1 .)

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