A stationary thoron nucleus (A = 200, Z = 90) emits an alpha particle with kinetic energy Ea. What is the kinetic energy of the recoiling nucleus?
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a
Ea108
b
Ea110
c
Ea55
d
Ea54
answer is D.
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Detailed Solution
The α-particle emitting radioactive gas, Thoron-220 decays to Radium-216 and emits and α-particle. The reaction can be represented byTh 90220→He 24+Ra 88216By conservation of momentum, we have momentum of a-particle = momentum of recoiling nucleus Ra⇒mava=mRvR ⇒vRva=mamR=4216=154The kinetic energy of Ra,ERis related to the kinetic energy of alpha particle Ea by the reaction belowER =12mRvR2Ea = 12mava2=mRmavRma2=mRmamamR2=mamR=154 ∴ER=Ea54