Chapter 17, Problem 83E

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The nuclear reaction for the fission of $\text{U}-236$ is to be written and the number of neutrons produced in the fission reaction is to be calculated

Concept introduction:

In the nuclear fission reaction, the heavy nuclide is bombarded with the neutrons to produce the daughter nuclides with a smaller mass than the parent nuclide.

In the nuclear fission reaction, the sums of the mass number and the atomic numbers on both side must be equal.