// Scilab code Exa1.3 : : Page 52 (2011) clc; clear; p = 62; // Momentum of the electron, MeV/c K = 9e+09; // Coulomb constant E = 0.511; // Energy of the electron, MeV e = 1.60218e-019; // Charge of an electron, C Z = 23; // Atomic number R = 0.5*10^-14; // Diameter of the nucleus, meter T = sqrt(p^2+E^2)-E; // Kinetic energy of the electron,MeV E_c = -Z*K*e^2/(R*1.60218e-013); // Coulomb energy, MeV printf("\nKinetic energy of the electron : %5.2f MeV \nCoulomb energy per electron : %5.3f MeV",T,E_c); // Result // Kinetic energy of the electron : 61.49 MeV // Coulomb energy per electron : -6.633 MeV