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andybham
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I have a fission exam next week, can someone help me with this past paper question:
If you know the masses of two nuclei (A)Z and (A+1)Z, (say masses are (A) and (A+1)) and you know the 'critical fission energy' of (A+1)Z, how do you determine if (A)Z is fissile? if it is not fissile, at what neutron energy would you expect fission to be possible.
If you know the masses of two nuclei (A)Z and (A+1)Z, (say masses are (A) and (A+1)) and you know the 'critical fission energy' of (A+1)Z, how do you determine if (A)Z is fissile? if it is not fissile, at what neutron energy would you expect fission to be possible.