Assuming a fission of into two roughly equal fragments,

Chapter 31, Problem 25

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Assuming a fission of into two roughly equal fragments, estimate the electric potential energy just as the fragments separate from each other. Assume that the fragments are spherical (see Eq. 301) and compare your calculation to the nuclear fission energy released, about 200 MeV

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