JEE Main & Advanced Sample Paper JEE Main - Mock Test - 4

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    A neutron travelling with a velocity v and kinetic energy E has a perfectly elastic head-on collision with a nucleus of an atom of mass number A at rest. The fraction of total energy retained by the neutron is approximately

    A) \[{{[(A-1)/(A+1)]}^{2}}\] 

    B) \[{{[(A+1)/(A-1)]}^{2}}\]

    C) \[{{[(A-1)/A]}^{2}}\]   

    D) \[{{[(A+1)/A]}^{2}}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    \[\text{v}{{'}_{1}}=\frac{({{m}_{1}}-{{m}_{2}}){{\text{v}}_{\text{1}}}+2{{m}_{2}}{{\text{v}}_{2}}}{{{m}_{1}}+{{m}_{2}}}\]
    As \[{{\text{v}}_{2}}\] is zero, \[{{m}_{2}}>{{m}_{1}},\] \[\text{v}{{'}_{1}}\]is in the opposite direction.
    \[{{m}_{1}}=1,\,\,{{m}_{2}}=A.\]
    \[\therefore \,\,\,|\text{v}{{\text{ }\!\!'\!\!\text{ }}_{\text{1}}}|\,\,=\,\,\frac{(A-1)}{(A+1)}{{\text{v}}_{1}}\]
    The fraction of total energy retained is \[\frac{\text{1/2 mv}{{\text{ }\!\!'\!\!\text{ }}_{\text{1}}}^{\text{2}}}{\text{1/2 m}{{\text{v}}_{\text{1}}}^{\text{2}}}=\frac{{{(A-1)}^{2}}}{{{(A+1)}^{2}}}\]


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