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Balancing <strong>Nuclear</strong> Equations<br />
1. Conserve mass number (A).<br />
<br />
235 U<br />
92<br />
+ 138<br />
0<br />
55<br />
Cs<br />
1<br />
n<br />
+ 96 37<br />
Rb + 2 1<br />
n 0<br />
235 + 1 = 138 + 96 + 2x1<br />
2. Conserve atomic number (Z) or nuclear charge.<br />
<br />
235 U<br />
92<br />
+ 138<br />
0<br />
Cs<br />
55<br />
1<br />
n<br />
+ 96 37<br />
Rb + 2 1<br />
n 0<br />
92 + 0 = 55 + 37 + 2x0<br />
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