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A neutron in a reactor makes an elastic head on collision with the nucleus of an atom inicially at rest
assume: the mass of an atomic nucleus is about 11 the mass of the neutron.
What fraction of the neutron's kinetic energy is transferred to the atomic nucleus ?
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