Open Question: In Figure 9-23, projectile particle 1 is an alpha particle and target particle 2 is an oxygen nucleus.?
In Figure 9-23, projectile particle 1 is an alpha particle and target particle 2 is an oxygen nucleus. The alpha particle is scattered at angle ?1 = 61.0 and the oxygen nucleus recoils with speed 1.30 x 105 m/s and at angle ?2 = 48.0. In atomic mass units, the mass of the alpha particle is 4.00 u and the mass of the oxygen nucleus is 16.0 u. What are the (a) final and (b) initial speeds of the alpha particle? http://edugen.wiley.com/edugen/student/mainfr.
