Size of the Nucleus

Author:Mizoram Board
12th Mizoram Board
IMPORTANT

Important Questions on Size of the Nucleus

EASY
IMPORTANT

From the relation R=R0A1/3, where R0 is a constant and A is the mass number of a nucleus, show that the nuclear matter density is nearly constant (i.e. independent of A).

MEDIUM
IMPORTANT

Calculate the height of the potential barrier for a head-on collision of two deuterons. (Hint: The height of the potential barrier is given by the Coulomb repulsion between the two deuterons when they just touch each other. Assume that they can be taken as hard spheres of radius 2.0 fm.)

MEDIUM
IMPORTANT

Obtain approximately the ratio of the nuclear radii of the gold isotope A79197u and the silver isotope A47107g .