The Russian ex-FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned in 2006 with 10 μg of polonium-210, an...

The Russian ex-FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned in 2006 with 10 μg of polonium-210, an α emitter that kills through radiation poisoning as molecules important to metabolism are ionized by the passage of the α particles. He died 3 weeks later.

(a) (5 pts) What is the nuclear decay process and what is the Q of the reaction in MeV? Show the full calculation.

(b) (5 pts) Find the kinetic energies (in MeV) of the α particle and the accompanying nucleus.

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