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Homework Statement
Find the energy released of the follow fission reaction:
[tex]\displaystyle{^{1}_0}n\; +\; ^{235}_{92}U\; \rightarrow \; ^{88}_{38}Sr\; +\; ^{136}_{54}Xe \;+\; 12 ^{1}_{0}n}[/tex]
Homework Equations
E=mc^2
The Attempt at a Solution
How come the masses between the leftside and the right side are different if they all contain the same number of nucleons? Does one usually need to calculate the masses independent of the periodic table (by adding the individual nucleon masses up) or do these problems generally require a periodic table for mass substitution?
Thanks.
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