Some radio-nuclides decay by capturing one of their own atomic electrons, K- shell electrons, say. An example

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Some radio-nuclides decay by capturing one of their own atomic electrons, K- shell electrons, say. An example is below. Show that the disintegration energy Q for this process is given by, where mV and mTi, arte the atomic masses of 49V and 49Ti, respectively, and EK is the binding energy of the vanadium K-shell electron.

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Fundamentals of Physics

ISBN: 978-0471758013

8th Extended edition

Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick

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