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Chapter 13, Problem 8RAT
If uranium were to split into 90 pieces of equal size instead of two, would more energy or less energy be released?
- (a) Less energy would be released because there would be less mass per nucleon.
- (b) Less energy would be released because there would be more mass per nucleon.
- (c) More energy would be released because there would be less mass per nucleon.
- (d) More energy would be released because there would be more mass per nucleon.
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