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The nucleus of the polonium isotope 214Po (mass 214 u) is radioactive and decays by emitting an alpha particle (a helium nucleus with mass 4 u).
Describe the place of astrology in science. How did the development of astrology follow or parallel the development of astronomy?
In similar problems involving rotating bodies, you will often also need the relationship between angular acceleration, alpha, and linear acceleration, a.
A 9000kg railroad car moving at 3m/s strikes a stationary (not moving) 5000kg railroad car. what is the kinetic energy of the 9000kg railroad car
A certain nuclear power plant is capable of producing 1.0 X 10^9 W of electric power. During operation of the reactor, mass is converted to energy.
The surface pressure on Venus is 92 atm, and the acceleration due to gravity there is 0.894g. In a future exploratory mission, an upright cylindrical tank
A student throws rocks from the roof of a building. All of the rocks are thrown with the same initial speed v_0 and from the same initial height.
The energy source of stars is primarily associated with :
Derive an expression for the buoyant force on a spherical balloon, submerged in water, as a function of the depth below the surface.
A sample of ideal gas is expanded to twice it original volume of 1.00m^3 in a quasi-static process for which P = alpha*V^2, with alpha = 5.00atm/m^6.
If sun is to solar then moon is to: orbit, lunar, planet or space.
What are the (a)magnitude and (b)direction of the electric field that will balance the gravitational force on the particle?
Compute the period of a satellite placed into orbit around the Earth at a distance of tenth that to the Moon.
In the nuclear transmutation, (attached formula) , what is the bombarding particle?
Use the modified form of Kepler's third law to calculate Pluto's mass from the orbital data for Charon average radius = 19,600 kilometers, 6.4 days
The mass energy of an electron is 0.511 MeV. What is the speed of an electron whose total energy is three times that or 1.53 MeV?
A particle of mass m is constrained to move on a circle of radius R. This circle also rotates in space about a fixed point (P) on the circumference.
A total of 4900 J is expended in lifting a 50-kg mass. The mass is raised to a height of
What is the maximum acceleration in g's? The mass of the alpha particle is about 4 times that of a proton, or 4 x 1.7 x 10^-27 kilogram.
What are the "approximate" maximum kinetic energies to which deuterons and alpha particles can be accelerated?
Two cars, one twice as heavy as the other, move down a hill at the same speed. Compared to the lighter car, the momentum of the heavier car is ________________.
The alpha particle travels at a velocity v of magnitude 550 m/s through a uniform magnetic field B of magnitude 0.045T.
Do you believe that Mars might have harbored life in the past?
Imagine that a civilization in another planetary system is sending a radio signal toward Earth. As our planet moves in its orbitaround the Sun
In a fusion reaction, reacting nuclei must collide. Collisions between two nuclei are difficult to achieve because the nuclei are