Consider the fission reaction

(a) What is the missing fission product represented by the question mark?

(b) What is it about this reaction that allows for a chain reaction?

(c) How much energy, in kilojoules, is released per gram of ²³⁵U? [Molar masses: ²³⁵U, 235.0439 g/mol; ⁸⁹Rb, 88.8913 g/mol; missing product, 143.8817 g/mol; ¹₀n, 1.00870 g/mol;⁰_–1e, 0.00055 g/mol]

(d) How many kilograms of TNT must be detonated to produce the same amount of energy if the energy released per gram of TNT detonated is 2.76 kJ?

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on +235U-Rb + 3 e + 3n + ? 92