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31.7 Exercise 5

Avg difficulty 2.5

(a) Write the decay equation for the α\alpha decay of 235 U ^{235} \text{U}. (b) What energy is released in this decay? The mass of the daughter nuclide is 231.036298 u. (c) Assuming the residual nucleus is formed in its ground state, how much energy goes to the α\alpha particle?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 31.7 Tunneling, exercise 5

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