WBJEE 2020 Physics Solved Paper

Question : 5 of 40

Marks: +1, -0

For nuclei with mass number close to 119 and 238, the binding energies per nucleon are approximately 7.6 MeV and 8.6 MeV respectively. If a nucleus of mass number 238 breaks into two nuclei of nearly equal masses, what will be the approximate amount of energy released in the process of fission ?