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An Alpha Particle Is Incident on a Lead Nucleus

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An alpha particle is incident on a lead nucleus.Because of the Coulomb force between them,the alpha particle will only approach the nucleus to a minimum distance of 32.5 fm.Determine the kinetic energy initial kinetic energy of the alpha particle.


A) 8.66 MeV
B) 7.27 MeV
C) 5.00 MeV
D) 9.18 MeV

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