Glucose is a simple sugar with the molecular formula C6H12O6. It is a carbohydrate.
Answer:
C. The mass of an electron is much less than the mass of a proton or
a neutron.
Explanation:
When we compare the mass of an electron to that of proton or neutron, the mass of an electron is much less than the mass of a proton or a neutron.
Electrons are negatively charged particles in an atom
Protons are positively charged particles
Neutrons do not carry any charges.
- The relative mass of an electron compared to that of a proton is
- This is a very small value
- Electrons generally have mass of 9.11 x 10⁻³¹kg
- Protons weigh 1.67 x 10⁻²⁷kg
- Neutrons weigh 1.68 x 10⁻²⁷kg
We can see that electrons have very small mass and this is why when calculating the mass of an atom, we use the sum of the number of protons and neutrons.
In a nuclear fission reaction, a freely moving neutron is introduced to a nuclear fuel, then a neutron is absorbed by an atom's nucleus.
<h3>What is nuclear fission?</h3>
Nuclear fission is a process in which an unstable nuclei will convert into stable nuclei after releasing the energy in the form of particles.
When we introduce a freely moving neutron to the nuclear fuel of uranium-235 nuclei then this introduced neutron was absorbed by the nuclei and makes the nuclei more unstable. Then this unstable nuclei will convert into two nuclei in the addition of three neutrons.
Hence, a neutron is absorbed by an atom's nucleus.
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