Determine the recoil speed of the thorium nucleus


An uranium nucleus of mass 238 u, primarily at rest, experiences radioactive decay. After an alpha particle of mass 4.0 u is emitted, the remaining nucleus is thorium of mass 234 u. When the alpha particle is moving at 0.054 the speed of light, determine the recoil speed of the thorium nucleus?

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