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Types of Collisions
11. Momentum & Impulse / Types of Collisions / Problem 1

Moving directly at one another, two hydrogen-like atoms collide head-on with each other. After this collision occurs, both of the atoms will cease their motion entirely. Each atom will then emit a photon with a wavelength of 102.6 nm which corresponds to a 3 -> 1 transition. Determine what the initial speed of each atom was before they collided with each other?

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