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Do you guys just reply with questions? :P But yes I realized earlier that atomic number was the way to go, wasn't thinking straight, over complicated it. Many thanks ✌️

I initially took this approach; 235 + 1 -141 -3(1) which is equal to 92. When I checked the answer this was incorrect. Then went down the route of converting the MeV to joules and subbing that value into the mass- energy equivalence formula in order to find the mass, and then using the unified...

Can someone please explain to me why the answer to the following question is Krypton? A step by step solution would be ideal please! (b)The following reaction occurs in a nuclear reactor: 235U+01n →141Ba+X+301n+202.5MeV (i) Identify the element X. Many thanks! (Question is Q12 b part i...