CAPE Physics Unit 2 · 2019 · Paper 1 · Question Q41
Item 41 refers to the following information.
In a nuclear reactor, Uranium-235 undergoes fission when it collides with a slow neutron. The reaction is given by
^{235}_{92}\text{U} + \ ^{1}_{0}\text{n} \longrightarrow \ ^{148}_{57}\text{La} + \ ^{85}_{35}\text{Br} + 3X.
What does X in the equation represent?
- (A)Proton
- (B)Electron
- (C)Neutron
- (D)Hydrogen nucleus
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