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Collision between an atom and an electron

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If an electron of 58 eV had a head-on collision with a Ba atom at rest, what would be the kinetic energy of the recoiling Ba atom? Assume an elastic collision. (Take the atom to be the most abundant isotope of the element).

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This solution provides step by step equations for finding the kinetic energy of a collision between an atom and an electron.

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