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Paragraph: The mass of a nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of number of neutrons and number of protons in the nucleus. The energy equivalent to the corresponding mass difference is known as the binding energy of the nucleus. A heavy nucleus of mass can break into two light nuclei of masses and only if . Also two light nuclei of masses and can undergo complete fusion and form a heavy nucleus of mass only if . The masses of some neutral atoms are given in the table below:

Question: The kinetic energy (in ) of the alpha particle, when the nucleus at rest undergoes alpha decay, is

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Answer:
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Solution:

84 Po 210 + 2 He 4 82 Pb 206
Δ m = M PO - M He - M Pb = 0.008421 u
Q = 0.008421 × 9 3 2  MeV = 5 4 2 2  KeV
K α = 2 1 0 2 1 4 × 5 4 2 2  KeV = 5 3 2 0  KeV

Stream:JEE_ADVSubject:PhysicsTopic:Modern PhysicsSubtopic:Nuclear physics
2mℹ️ Source: PYQ_2013

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