A physicist scatters γ rays from a substance and seesevidence of a nucleus 7.5×10–13 m in radius. (a) Find theatomic mass of such a nucleus. (b) What is unreasonableabout this result? (c) What is unreasonable about theassumption?

A physicist scatters γ rays from a substance and seesevidence of a nucleus 7.5×10–13 m in radius. (a) Find theatomic mass of such a nucleus. (b) What is unreasonableabout this result? (c) What is unreasonable about theassumption?

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Chapter14: Nuclear Physics Applications

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A physicist scatters γ rays from a substance and sees
evidence of a nucleus 7.5×10^–13 m in radius. (a) Find the
atomic mass of such a nucleus. (b) What is unreasonable
about this result? (c) What is unreasonable about the
assumption?

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