// Ex3_1 Page:45 (2014) clc; clear; t = 2e-06; // Thickness of gold foil, m T = 8; // Kinetic energy of alpha-particles, MeV rho = 19.3; // Density of gold foil, g/cm-cube k = 8.984e+09; // Coulomb's constant, N-Sq.m/Sq.C Z = 79; // Atomic number of gold Z_prime = 2; // Atomic number of He nucleus e = 1.6e-019; // Charge on an electron, C A = 197; // Atomic weight of gold N = 6.02e+023; // Avogadro's number, atoms/mol n = N*rho*1e+06/A; // Number density of atoms, atoms/metre-cube b = k*Z*Z_prime*e^2/(2*T*1e+06*e); // Impact parameter for alpha particle, m f = %pi*b^2*n*t; // Fraction of alpha-particles scattered at angles greater than 90 degrees printf("\nFraction of alpha-particles scattered at angles greater than 90 degrees = %3.1e", f); // Result // Fraction of alpha-particles scattered at angles greater than 90 degrees = 7.5e-05