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12 January, 21:22

When nuclear fission occurs some mass is lost where does that mass go

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  1. 12 January, 21:49
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    The loss of matter is called the mass defect. The missing matter is converted into energy. You can actually calculate the amount of energy produced during a nuclear reaction with fairly simple equation developed by Albert Einstein; E = mc^2. In this equation, E is the amount of energy produced, m is the missing mass, or the mass defect, and c is the speed of light, which is a rather large number. The speed of light is squared, making that part of the equation a very large number that, even when multiplied by a small amount of mass, yields a large amount of energy.
  2. 12 January, 21:50
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    Sample Response: Some of the mass is converted to energy. The relative amounts of matter and energy stay the same.
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