A uranium-238 atom can break up into a thorium-234 atom and a particle called an alpha particle, αα-4. The numbers indicate the

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A uranium-238 atom can break up into a thorium-234 atom and a particle called an alpha particle, αα-4. The numbers indicate the

inertias of the atoms and the alpha particle in atomic mass units (1 amuamu = 1.66 × 10−27 kg). When an uranium atom initially at rest breaks up, the thorium atom is observed to recoil with an x component of velocity of -2.2 × 10^5 m/s.
How much of the uranium atom's internal energy is released in the breakup?

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