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To Explain:
Scientists are able to cause iron nuclei to undergo the process of fission is true or not.
Answer to Problem 81A
The claim is not true as the iron cannot decay through fusion or fission.
Explanation of Solution
Introduction:
The process of Fission and fusion includes the scattering and combining of elemental nucleus and isotopes.
The division of a heavy nucleus into two lighter ones is the process called as nuclear fission.
Nuclear fusion is the reverse method of nuclear fission.
The process in which combination of two light nuclei takes place for the formation of heavier and more stable nucleus is called as nuclear fusion.
Iron is the most tightly bound element and has the most stable nucleus.
Due to its stable nucleus, the process of fusion or fission cannot take place.
Hence, the process of decaying cannot take place as fusion or fission cannot undergo.
Conclusion:
Hence the given claim is not true.
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