What is the formula of radius of a nucleus?
Posted in Atoms, Molecules and Nuclei | Email This Post |Experiments that studies the size of nuclei indicate that the volume of nuclei is directly proportional to the total number of nucleons present.
Vn ∝ A
where Vn = volume of nuclei and A = mass number
For sphere, V ∝ r3
where r = radius of a nucleus
Substituting value of V in above equation we get,
r3 ∝ A
So, r ∝ A1/3
Using R0 as a proportionality constant we get,
r = A1/3 R0
where A = mass number, r = radius of a nucleus and R0 = proportionality constant.
R0 = 1.25 fm (femtometre) with typical deviations of up to 0.2 fm from this value.