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32.6 Exercise 3

Avg difficulty 2.5

In a neutron-induced fission reaction of 239Pu, which of the following is produced along with 96Sr and four neutrons?

  1.    56 139 Ba _{\textrm{ } \textrm{ } \textrm{ } 56}^{139} \text{Ba}
  2.    56 140 Ba _{\textrm{ } \textrm{ } \textrm{ } 56}^{140} \text{Ba}
  3.    54 139 Xe _{\textrm{ } \textrm{ } \textrm{ } 54}^{139} \text{Xe}
  4.    54 140 Xe _{\textrm{ } \textrm{ } \textrm{ } 54}^{140} \text{Xe}

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