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31.3 Exercise 15

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What is the ratio of the velocity of a 5.00-MeV β\beta ray to that of an α\alpha particle with the same kinetic energy? This should confirm that β\betas travel much faster than α\alphas even when relativity is taken into consideration. (See also the exercise.)

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 31.3 Substructure of the Nucleus, exercise 15

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