Why can beta particles pass through materials more easily than alpha particles?
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Answer:
The correct question is:
"Find the energy each gains"
The energy gained by a charged particle accelerated through a potential difference is given by
where
q is the charge of the particle
is the potential difference
For a proton,
And since
The energy gained by the proton is
For an alpha particle,
Therefore, the energy gained is
Finally, for a singly ionized helium nucleus (a helium nucleus that has lost one electron)
So the energy gained is the same as the proton: