The strong neutron excess (defined as N - Z ) of high-mass nuclei is illustrated

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The strong neutron excess (defined as N - Z) of high-mass nuclei is illustrated by noting that most high-mass nuclides could never fission into two stable nuclei without neutrons being left over. For example, consider the spontaneous fission of a 235U nucleus into two stable daughter nuclei with atomic numbers 39 and 53.

(a) Referring to the "Properties of the Elements" section in the Appendix of your text, what is the name of the first daughter nucleus?

(b) Referring to the "Properties of the Elements" section in the Appendix of your text, what is the name of the second daughter nucleus?

(c) Referring to the figure, approximately how many neutrons are in the first daughter nucleus?
neutrons

(d) Referring to the figure above, approximately how many neutrons are in the second daughter nucleus?
neutrons

(e) Approximately how many neutrons are left over?
neutrons

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