Glancing at the binding energy per nucleon plot of Figure 11.14—with its maximum around iron, Z -26—it might naively be argued that fission would be favorable for any nucleus. of about Z = 52 or higher. Show that if tellurium-130 broke into two iron-56 nuclei, freeing the excess neutrons, the total binding energy would actually decrease. Explain what is wrong with the naive argument.
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