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In fission of one uranium - 235 nucleus, the loss in mass is $0.2$ a.m.u. Calculate the energy released.

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Solution

During nuclear fission reaction mass defect is converted in to energy release
$M a s s d e f e c t = 0.2 a m u$
So,
$E n e r g y r e l e a s e d = 0.2 \times 931 M e v$
$= 186.2 M e v$

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