Abstract
Recoil ranges of fission products in the thermal neutron fission of 233U and 239Pu were determined using radiochemical techniques as well as direct counting with a Ge(Li) detector. The recoil ranges were converted into kinetic energies using different range-energy equations and the relative merits of these equations are discussed. The kinetic energy deficit was calculated from the kinetic energy distribution. From the kinetic energy distribution the average kinetic energy was calculated using the mass-yield data available in literature. The average kinetic energy was found to vary linearly with the fissionability parameter. Deformations of fission fragments and the variation of the deformation as a function of fragment mass were calculated using the kinetic energy data.
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