Example 1 · difficulty 4/5
A heavy nucleus of mass number 220, initially at rest, undergoes α-decay with a Q-value of 6.0 MeV. Neglecting electron masses, the kinetic energy carried away by the α-particle is nearly:
- A. 6.0 MeV
- B. 0.11 MeV
- C. 3.0 MeV
- D. 5.9 MeV