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Collisions
Question

A neutron makes a head-on elastic collision with a stationary deuteron. The fractional energy loss of the neutron in the collision is

Moderate
Solution

Fractional decrease in kinetic energy of neutron
=1m1m2m1+m22       [As m1=1 and m2 = 2]
 =1121+22=1132=119=89

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