A uranium nucleus at rest decays into a thorium nucleus and a helium nucleus, as shown below. Wh...
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1A uranium nucleus at rest decays into a thorium nucleus and a helium nucleus, as shown below. Which of the following is true?
[NTSE 2013]
\( { }_{92}^{235} \mathrm{U} \rightarrow{ }_{90}^{231} \mathrm{Th}+{ }_{2}^{4} \mathrm{He} \)
a. Each decay product has the same kinetic energy.
b. The decay products tend to go in the same direction.
c. The thorium nucleus has more momentum than the helium nucleus.
d. The helium nucleus has more kinetic energy than the thorium nucleus.
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