one neutron gets lost without undergoing any fission
The energy released by the fission of uranium nuclei would be higher if the uranium nucleus split into three parts rather than into two parts. Despite this, the fission of uranium only produces two nuclei. Why is this?
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kaymant
·2010-03-21 00:35:22
No Gallardo...that's not a good guess. Anyway that's not tunneling either.
rickde
·2010-03-31 07:22:37
maybe becos by breaking into three parts...the gain in binding energy per nucleon will not be much.....