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4. Which type of nuclear reaction has the reactants with a greater mass than the products?

Fusion
Fission

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Answer:

NUCLEAR FISSION

Step-by-step explanation:

According to Einstein's equation, E = mc2, where

m

is the mass and

c

is the speed of light states that mass can be converted to energy and vice-versa. In nuclear fission, the mass of reactants is more than mass of the products. The difference in mass is called the mass defect. This mass is converted into energy

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