Consider All Possible Fission Events

question 25

Multiple Choice

Consider all possible fission events.Which of the following statements is true?

• A)Light initial fragments have more protons than neutrons and heavy initial fragments have fewer protons than neutrons
• B)Heavy initial fragments have more protons than neutrons and light initial fragments have fewer protons than neutrons
• C)All initial fragments have more protons than neutrons
• D)All initial fragments have about the same number of protons and neutrons
• E)All initial fragments have more neutrons than protons

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