One form of nuclear radiation, beta decay, occurs when a neutronchanges into a proton, an electron and a neutral particle called aneutrino. When this change happens to a neutron within the nucleusof an atom, the proton remains behind in the nucleus while theelectron and neutrino are ejected from the nucleus. The ejectedelectron is called a beta particle. One nucleus that exhibits betadecay is the isotope of hydrogen 3H, called tritium,whose nucleus consists of one proton (making it hydrogen) and twoneutrons (giving tritium an atomic mass m = 3u).Tritium is radioactive, and it decays to helium.
Suppose an electron is ejected from a 3H atom, whichhas a radius of 1.000×10-14 m. The resulting3He atom has the same radius as the 3H atom.What is the escape velocity of the electron ejected from theprocess?
Note: Your answer may be larger than the speed of lightwhich is okay in this scenario.
