Find the momentum and speed of a proton whose kinetic energy equals its rest energy. (The mass of a proton is 938.3 MeV/c2)


1625 MeV/c, 0.8660c

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During an adiabatic process, 20 moles of a monatomic ideal gas undergo a temperature change from 450 K to 320 K starting from an initial pressure is 400 kPa

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