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Subject: What is the velocity of a 546 KeV beta particle?

Date: Thu Sep 18 17:32:45 1997
Posted by Paul Brown
Grade level: other
School: No school entered.
City: Boise State/Province: ID
Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 874621965.Ph
Message:

Tables of nuclides and isotopes list kinetic energies of various decay products in MeV and KeV. Velocity must be calculated. However, at these speeds, relativistic mass is an issue. I am not interested in the kinetic energy mass equivalence of the beta particle, just the velocity of the particle and the means for directly calulating same.

That is what I really need, a formula for directly converting kinetic energy in MeV to velocity, for both alpha and beta particles.

Thanks for your help. Paul

Re: What is the velocity of a 546 KeV beta particle?

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