An unstable uranium-238 suddenly bursts apart (fission) into thorium-234 (3.886×1025 kg) and helium-4 (6.646x10 kg) for which both fission products moves in opposite direction. If helium gains a kinetic energy of 2.333x1013 J after the fission process, what are the speed of fission products after the decay of uranium-238? 27

An unstable uranium-238 suddenly bursts apart (fission) into thorium-234 (3.886×1025 kg) and helium-4 (6.646x10 kg) for which both fission products moves in opposite direction. If helium gains a kinetic energy of 2.333x1013 J after the fission process, what are the speed of fission products after the decay of uranium-238? 27

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