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Radio activity
Question

A radioactive nucleus undergoes  α-emission to form a stable element. What will be the recoil velocity of the daughter nucleus if V is the velocity of α-emission and A is the atomic mass of radioactive nucleus?

Moderate
Solution

According conservation of momentum

4v=(A-4)v'v'=4vA-4.

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