Write the nuclear reaction for the neutron-induced fission of U-235 to form Xe-144 and Sr-90. How many neutrons are produced in the reaction?

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Hey everyone, we're asked to consider the neutron induced vision of plutonium 39. The reaction produces Zirconium 103 and Xenon 1 identify the number of neutrons produced in the reaction First. Let's go ahead and write out our reaction. We had plutonium 239 And when we check our periodic tables, we find that plutonium atomic number is going to be 94 and we had a neutron induced vision. So we add our neutron And this produced Zirconium 103. and Zirconium has an atomic number of Plus our Xenon which has an atomic number of 54. And we also had a certain amount of neutrons produced. Now let's go ahead and determine the number of neutrons. So we have plutonium mass number of 2:39 and we're going to add our one from our neutron and this is going to be equal to 103, which is Zirconium mass number plus xenon mass number of 1 34. And we're going to label our unknown number of neutrons as X. Simplifying this a bit further, We have 2 40 -103 - equals x. When we sell for X We end up with a value of three. So it looks like we had three Neutrons produced in our reaction. So I hope this made sense. And let us know if you have any questions