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Nuclear fission of uranium-235 yields an enormous amount of energy from the fact that the fission products have less total mass than the uranium nucleus, a mass change that is converted to energy by the Einstein relationship <math>E=mc^2</math>. Using the Law of Conservation of Energy, we can look at the total energy before and after the fission to determine how much energy is released in this process. | Nuclear fission of uranium-235 yields an enormous amount of energy from the fact that the fission products have less total mass than the uranium nucleus, a mass change that is converted to energy by the Einstein relationship <math>E=mc^2</math>. Using the Law of Conservation of Energy, we can look at the total energy before and after the fission to determine how much energy is released in this process. | ||
| − | <center><math>^{235}_{92}U : 218.8969\ | + | <center><math>^{235}_{92}U : 218.8969\ GeV</math></center> |
| − | <center><math>^{140}_{54}Xe : \ | + | <center><math>^{140}_{54}Xe : 130.4092\ GeV</math></center> |
| + | <center><math>^{94}_{38}Sr : 87.56\ GeV</math></center> | ||
Revision as of 03:21, 26 February 2019
When uranium-235 undergoes fission, the average of the fragment mass is about 118, but it is more probable that the pair will have an unequal distribution in mass. A common pair of fragments from uranium-235 fission is xenon and strontium as shown in the reaction:
Nuclear fission of uranium-235 yields an enormous amount of energy from the fact that the fission products have less total mass than the uranium nucleus, a mass change that is converted to energy by the Einstein relationship . Using the Law of Conservation of Energy, we can look at the total energy before and after the fission to determine how much energy is released in this process.