3 marksNuclear Energy

CSEC Physics · January 2015 · Paper 2 · Question 6(c)

Calculate the energy given off in a nuclear reaction if the change in mass is 0.2014 u. (u = 1.66 × 10⁻²⁷ kg; c = 3.0 × 10⁸ ms⁻¹).

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