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In a Geiger Marsden experiment, calculate the distance of closest approach to the nucleus of
Z
=
80
Z=80
Z
=
80
, when an
α
\alpha
α
-particle of
8
MeV
8\text{MeV}
8
MeV
energy impinges on it before it comes momentarily to rest and reverses its direction.
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