Uranium-238 decays via the alpha decay process.  Part (a)  Calculate the energy released in units of megaelectron volts when a uranium-238 nucleus undergoes alpha decay.  Part (b)  What fraction of the mass of a single uranium-238 nucleus is destroyed in the decay?  Part (c)  Why is difficult to observe the change in mass for a macroscopic sample of uranium-238?

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