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Grade Upto college level General Physics

A heavy nucleus splits into two lighter nuclei. Which one of the two-parent nucleus or the daughter nuclei have more binding energy per nucleon?

Profile image of Manvendra Singh chahar
12 Years agoGrade Upto college level
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Profile image of Saurabh Koranglekar
6 Years ago
Dear student

The answer is daughter nuclei

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Profile image of Vikas TU
6 Years ago
The nuclei produced in the fusion process have a larger binding energy per nucleon than the nuclei that are fused. That is, nuclear fusion decreases average energy of the nucleons in the system. The energy difference is carried away as radiation.