JEE Main | 2018Momentum and CollisionHard
Question
It is found that if a neutron suffers an elastic collinear collision with deuterium at rest, fractional loss of its energy is pd ; while for its similar collision with carbon nucleus at rest, fractional loss of energy is pc. The values of pd and pc are respectively :
Options
A.
(0.28, 0.89)
B.
(0, 0)
C.
(0, 1)
D.
(0.89, 0.28)
Solution
Let initial speed of neutron is v0 and kinetic energy is K.
1st collision :

by momentum conservation
mv0 = mv1 + 2mv2 v1 + 2v2 = v0
by e = 1 v2 - v1 = v0
v2 =
fractional loss =
Pd =
2nd collision :

by momentum conservation
mv0 = mv1 +12mv2
v1 + 12v2 = v0
by e = 1 v2 - v1 = v0
Now fraction loss of energy
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