Finding the distance of closest approach


In Rutherford's scattering experiments, alpha particles (charge = +2e) were fired at a gold foil. Consider an alpha particle with an initial kinetic energy K heading directly for the nucleus of a gold atom (charge 79 e). The alpha particle will come to rest when all is initial kinetic energy has been converted to electrical potential energy. Find the distance of closest approach between the alpha particle and the gold nucleus for the case K= 3 MeV.

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Physics: Finding the distance of closest approach
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