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Date November 2017 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 17N.2.HL.TZ0.b.i
Level HL Paper 2 Time zone TZ0
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17N.2.HL.TZ0.b.i

Particles can be used in scattering experiments to estimate nuclear sizes.

Outline how these experiments are carried out.

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Markscheme

«high energy particles incident on» thin sample

detect angle/position of deflected particles

reference to interference/diffraction/minimum/maximum/numbers of particles

Allow “foil” instead of thin