A plutonium- 239 nucleus initially at rest undergoes alpha decay to produce a uranium-235 nucleus. The uranium-235 nucleus has a mass of 3.90 x 10^-25 kg and moves away with a speed of 2.62 x 10^5 m/s. Determine the minimum wage electric potential difference that is required to bring the alpha particles to rest. This question is worth 12 marks and marks are awarded based in the two physics principles u choose from below and your final answer.
uniform motion
accelerated motion
circular motion
work energy 5heorem
conservation of momentum
conservation of mass energy
conservation of charge
conservation of nucleons
wave particle duality
So I was finding the velocity if the alpha particle using conservation of momentum and then using ek= vq to find stopping potential. However I can't see how this is worth 12 marks nor how it uses 2 of the concepts,
I would really appreciate some feedback on where I am wrong! Thanks