AIIMS 2004 Physics Nuclear Fission Assertion Reason Question
Assertion : Energy is released in nuclear fission.
Reason : Total binding energy of the fission fragments is larger than the total binding energy of the parent nucleus.
Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
Assertion is true but Reason is false
Assertion is false but Reason is true
Correct Answer
Detailed Explanation
When a heavy nucleus splits into two medium-sized ones, each of the new nuclei will have more binding energy per nucleon than the original nucleus.
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