Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Nuclei

Question:

In any fission process, what is the mass ratio of a daughter nucleus to a parent nucleus?

Options:

<1

>1

1

depends on the mass of the parent nucleus

Correct Answer:

<1

Explanation:

During fission, parent nucleus breaks into daughter nuclei , some mass is also lost in form of energy. Hence, mass of daughter nuclei< mass of parent nucleus