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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Nuclei

Question:

In any fission process the ratio $\frac{\text{mass of fission products}}{\text{mass of parent nucleus}}$ is

Options:

Less than 1

Greater than 1

Equal to 1

Depends on the mass of the parent nucleus

Correct Answer:

Less than 1

Explanation:

In the fission reaction, tremendous amount of energy is released and energy corresponds to mass of substance according the Einstein's mass-energy equivalent relation.

Thus ratio of mass of product to the mass of parent nucleus is always less than 1.