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What is the formula of radius of a nucleus?

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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.

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