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Date May 2017 Marks available 1 Reference code 17M.1.SL.TZ1.26
Level Standard level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 1
Command term Question number 26 Adapted from N/A

Question

In nuclear fission, a nucleus of element X absorbs a neutron (n) to give a nucleus of element Y and a nucleus of element Z.

X + n → Y + Z + 2n

What is \(\frac{{{\text{magnitude of the binding energy per nucleon of Y}}}}{{{\text{magnitude of the binding energy per nucleon of X}}}}\) and \(\frac{{{\text{total binding energy of Y and Z}}}}{{{\text{total binding energy of X}}}}\)?

Markscheme

A

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Syllabus sections

Core » Topic 7: Atomic, nuclear and particle physics » 7.2 – Nuclear reactions
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