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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  = 2v03 ; v1=-v03
fractional loss = 12mv02-12mv03212mv02
Pd89.89
2nd collision :

by momentum conservation
mv0 = mv1 +12mv2
 v+ 12v2 = v0
by e = 1       v2 - v1 = v0
V2=2v013  ;  V1=-11v013
Now fraction loss of energy
Pc=12mv01-12m11v013212mv02=481690.28

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