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A neutron at rest decays (breaks apart) into a proton and an electron. Energy is released in the decay, in the form of kinetic energy of the proton and electron. The mass of a proton is 1836 times the
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A neutron at rest decays (breaks apart) into a proton and an electron. Energy is released in the decay, in the form of kinetic energy of the proton and electron. The mass of a proton is 1836 times the mass of an electron. What fraction of the total energy released goes into the kinetic energy of the proton?

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0.99 that is about 99%

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A neutron at rest decays (breaks apart) into a proton and an electron. Energy is released-example-1
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