An alpha-particle of mass m suffers 1-dimensional elastic collision with a nucleus at rest of unknown mass. it’s scattered directly backwards losing, 64% of its initial kinetic energy. The mass of the nucleus is:
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C
Conserving momentum : 
Collision of nuclear particle to be elastic
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