ENERGY RELEASE FROM FISSIONDOE-HDBK-1019/1-93Atomic and Nuclear PhysicsFigure 22 graphically depicts that the binding energy per nucleon for the products (C,Figure 22 Change in Binding Energy for Typical Fissionrubidium-93 and B, cesium-140) is greater than that for the reactant (A, uranium-235). The totalbinding energy for a nucleus can be found by multiplying the binding energy per nucleon by thenumber of nucleons.TABLE 5Binding Energies Calculated from Binding Energy per Nucleon CurveNuclideB.E. per Nucleon (BE/A)Mass Number(A)Binding Energy(BE/A) x (A)9337Rb8.7 MeV93809 MeV14505Cs8.4 MeV1401176 MeV23952U7.6 MeV2351786 MeVNP-01Page 58Rev. 0
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