How many protons and how many neutrons are in (a) 3H, (b) 40Ar, (c) 40Ca, and (d) 239Pu?

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Q: If a 3.16-g sample of an isotope having a mass number of 135 decays at a rate of 0.530 Ci, what is…

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Q: The unified atomic mass unit, denoted u, is defined to be 1 u = 1.6605 × 10-27 kg. It can be used as…

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Q: How many protons and how many neutrons are in (a) 3He, (b) 20Ne, (c) 60Co, and (d) 226Ra?

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Q: Assume one-fourth of the yield of a typical 320-kT strategic bomb comes from fission reactions…

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Q: Find the energy equivalent of one atomic mass unit, first in Joules and then in MeV. Using this,…

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Q: A sample of U (T1=1.59 × 10° yr) contains Part A 6.10 × 1018 nuclei. What is the decay constant?…

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Nuclear Fission

Nuclear fission is a type of nuclear reaction in which heavier nuclei split into lighter nuclei by releasing a large quantity of energy. The elements like uranium-235 and plutonium-239 isotope undergo nuclear fission releasing energy. When nuclei undergo fission, some quantity of mass is lost. The lost mass is converted to nuclear energy. Nuclear fission reaction is used in nuclear power plants and atomic bombs. In nuclear power plants, nuclear reactors are used to generate electricity.

Endothermic Nuclear Reaction

A nuclear reaction can be described as a process where two atoms, or two nuclei or nucleus and subatomic particles such as a proton, neutron interact together, and a large amount of energy is produced and new elements are also produced.