IB skill practice

Analyse nuclear fission energy release

Paper 1, Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 3

Fission energy from mass defect

In a second version of the same nuclear physics investigation, a fission event in a medical tracer audit has mass defect \(0.2\,\text{u}\). Use \(1\,\text{u}=931.5\,\text{MeV}\). Calculate the energy released. Use the diagram first, then calculate the requested value. Enter the numerical result and choose the interpretation that matches the nuclear physics meaning.

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