JEE PHYSICS MCQ: NUCLEI

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Which one is correct about fission?

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Correct option: A

Approx.

0.1 \%

mass converts into energy

Option A (Approx.

0.1 \%

mass converts into energy) is correct because in nuclear fission, a small fraction of the mass is converted into energy according to Einstein's mass-energy equivalence.

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