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Calculation of Nuclear Radii & Ratios

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Example #1

What is the diameter of an oxygen nucleus(nucleon number 16)? (Answer to 2 d.p. )

Example #2

If the number of nucleons in a copper nucleus is 64 and the number of nucleons in an oxygen nucleus is 16, how much larger is a copper nucleus than an oxygen nucleus?

(2 d.p.)

A copper nucleus is 1.59 times larger than an oxygen nucleus

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