During nuclear fission of Uranium-235, which mechanism causes significant energy release?

💡 Explanation

The kinetic energy from fission is due to increased binding energy per nucleon in the fission products compared to Uranium-235; the strong nuclear force results in less mass, therefore observed as released energy, rather than other nuclear processes.

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