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A heavy nucleus having mass number gets disintegrated into smaller fragments of mass number and . If binding energy per nucleon for parent atom is and for daughter nuclei are and respectively and the energy released in the decay is given by , then will be
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2200
200X → 80Y + 120Z
6.5 7 8
Energy released = 80 × 7 + 120 × 8 – 200 × 6.5
= 220 MeV
= 2200 × 105 eV
6.5 7 8
Energy released = 80 × 7 + 120 × 8 – 200 × 6.5
= 220 MeV
= 2200 × 105 eV
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