Calculate the ratio of the energy released by the complete fission of 1.0 kg of Uranium-235...

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Calculate the ratio of the energy released by the completefission of 1.0 kg of Uranium-235 to the energy released by burning1.0 kg of methane, CH4. You can use the fact that one mole of CH4gives 802 kJ of energy, and recall from your chemistry course thatthere are 6.02*1023 atoms per mole.

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To calculate the energy released by the complete fission of 10kg of Uranium235 we need to look at the fission first235U n 139Xe 95Sr 2nThe mass deficit for the reaction given is    See Answer
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