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The radius of a nucleus as measured by electron scattering is \(4.8 \mathrm{~fm}\). The mass number of nucleus is most likely to be

  1. A 16
  2. B 64
  3. C 46
  4. D 48
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(B) 64

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The radius of a nucleus \(R\) is related to its mass number \(A\) by the formula \(R = R_{0} A^{1/3}\), where \(R_{0} \approx 1.2 \text{ fm}\). Given \(R = 4.8 \text{ fm}\), we have \(4.8 = 1.2 \times A^{1/3}\). Dividing both sides by \(1.2\), we get…
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