Homework Statement
Okay so I want to be able to do this in Microsoft Word 2003:
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Homework Equations
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The Attempt at a Solution
However, the problem is, when I try to do subscripts and superscripts...
Can you gurus help me understand in a qualitative way the nature of the Coulomb barrier as it applies to alpha decay? I can intuitively appreciate the Coulomb barrier as it applies to an incoming charged particle, but resources I have been reading apply the same term to the barrier felt by...
A 232 Th (thorium) nucleus at rest decays to a 228 Ra (radon) nucleus with the emission of an alpha particle. The total kinetic energy of the decay fragments is 6.54 x 10^-13 J. An alpha particle has 1.76% of the mass of a 228 Ra nucleus.
a) Calculate the kinetic energy of the recoiling 228...
alpha decay problem...
Hi all.
i can't quite figure out how to modify the equation for this alpha particle decay stuff...any ideas ?
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i think i need to modify this equation...