Question

In nuclear fission the percentage of mass converted into energy is about

• A. 0.1
• B. 0.0001
• C. 0.001
• D. 0.01

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

0.001

Answer 2

About 0.23 amu is lost in fission of $^{235}_{92}U$ so mass changed in enrgy = $\frac{0.23 \times 100}{235}$ = 0.1%