Question

In any fission process the ratio $\frac{mass \, of \, fission \, products}{mass \, of \, parent \, nucleus} is$

• A. equal to 1
• B. greater than 1
• C. less than 1
• D. depends on the mass of the parent nucleus.

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

less than 1

Answer 2

In fission process, when a parent nucleus breaks into daughter products, then some mass is lost in the form of energy. Thus, mass of fission products < mass of parent nucleus
$\frac{Mass ,of ,fission,products}{Mass , of ,parent, nucleus}