Question

What are some common mistakes students make with nuclear reactions?

Answer 1

Beimg a student of 10th grade , i know about some common misconceptions :-
1)."law of conservation of mass doesn't always hold true" this statement is wrong , but yet we can't imfer that law of conservation of mass holds true for nuclear reactions .
It has been specified that law of conservation of mass is aplicable to chemical reactions not `color(indigo)("nuclear")`.

2). We get to know about `color (orange)(E=mc^(2))` , seeing this equation , one might think anything with energy must have mass but it is wrong . the correct statement would be , anything with a considerate ammount of energy will have `color ( green)("relativistic mass")` not `color (blue)("rest mass")`

3). If you listen about radiations for the first time , you may think 'what is it?' , radiations means that particles like `gamma`(photon) {of high frequency like x-rays} are emmited which are really dangerous .