Canadian nuclear reactors use heavy water moderators in which elastic collisions occur between the neutrons (mass 1.0u ) and deuterons of mass 2.0u. Part A What is the speed of a neutron, expressed as a fraction of its original speed, after a head-on, elastic collision with a deuteron which is initially at rest? Express your answer using three dec

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Canadian nuclear reactors use heavy water moderators in which elastic collisions occur between the neutrons (mass

1.0u

) and deuterons of mass

2.0u

. Part A What is the speed of a neutron, expressed as a fraction of its original speed, after a head-on, elastic collision with a deuteron which is initially at rest? Express your answer using three decimal places.

(v_(2))/(v_(1))=

Request Answer Part B What is its kinetic energy, expressed as a fraction of its original kinetic energy? Express your answer using three decimal places. Request Answer Part C How many such successive collisions will reduce the speed of a neutron to

(1)/(6560)

of its original value? Express your answer as a number of collisions.

n=[] collisions

A\Sigma \phi

(K_(2))/(K_(1))=

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