Question

Heavier elements will undergo fission in order to:

Select the correct answer below:

increase total binding energy

decrease total binding energy

increase binding energy per nucleon

decrease binding energy per nucleon

Answer 1

Heavier element undergoes fission to increase the stability of its nuclei. Due to large size and memebers the total binding energy is lower and so is the binding energy per nucleon.

To increase the stability of nuclei it undergoes fission.

So Binding energy per nucleon will increase.