Question: In a Rutherford scattering experiment a target nucleus has a diameter of 1.4 x 10-14 m. The incoming a particle has a mass of 6.64

In a Rutherford scattering experiment a target nucleus has a diameter of 1.4 x 10-14 m. The incoming a particle has a mass of 6.64 x 10-27 kg. What is the kinetic energy of a particle that has a de Broglie wavelength equal to the diameter of the target nucleus? Ignore relativistic effects.

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