if a heavy nucleus that is initially at rest undergoes alpha decay, which has mo

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if a heavy nucleus that is initially at rest undergoes alpha decay, which has more kinetic energy after the decay, the alpha particle or the daughter nucleus? explain your answer if a heavy nucleus that is initially at rest undergoes alpha decay, which has more kinetic energy after the decay, the alpha particle or the daughter nucleus? explain your answer if a heavy nucleus that is initially at rest undergoes alpha decay, which has more kinetic energy after the decay, the alpha particle or the daughter nucleus? explain your answer

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Since momentum is conserved . Both alpha nd main mass have the same momentum
KE = P^2/2m .
Since apha has less mass it has more KE

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