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Nuclear fission is the process of 'splitting the atom', the most common example is 235Uranium absorbing a neutron, then splitting into two separate elements.
Uranium and plutonium are split by neutrons. No element below uranium can be split. Some elements beyond uranium have isotopes that split spontaneously due to their degree of instability. Splitting atoms is called fission.
With a particle accelerator. A scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy put it this way:
"One way is to strip off a bunch of its electrons with light pulses or with charged plates...and then send it to circulate through a curved magnetic field (since the atom has lost some electrons, it is now charged, and charged particles speed up when you put them into a curved magnetic field). When you get the atom going really really fast, change the field and let the particle slam into a target. Sort of like throwing an alarm clock against a wall really hard.... the atom smashes open and we see its "insides" come screaming out (using a special detector)." (see link below for "Ask a Scientist.")
This is called nuclear fission. It occurs naturally among elements such as 235U and 239Pu, but other radioactive isotopes as well. Fission releases energy, mainly as heat.
Inside an atom is a nucleus made of particles called protons and neutrons. If there is a large number of protons and neutrons there, the nucleus can be unstable. When an atom is split, the nucleus divides into two, becoming two atoms of lighter elements. The energy that was holding the nucleus together is released. Splitting an atom (nucleus) is actually known as nuclear fission. Nuclear fission is what occurs in an atomic bomb and also in nuclear reactors.
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When a few atoms undergo fission they cause many more atoms to split this process is called an?
When a few atoms undergo fission, they cause many more atoms to split; this process is called an atomic bomb.
Can atoms be divided by chemical reaction?
No, this would be contrary to the definition of an ordinary chemical reaction.
What occurs in Fission?
In nuclear fission, the reactant atoms are split into resultant atoms, and a release of energy.
What means or force can the atoms in compounds be separated?
atoms can be split from a molecule in two ways: through a chemical reaction in which the atoms split off a molecule and re-form to make a new one, or by an induced fission reaction.
Atoms are split to produce .?
other atoms, some loose protons, electrons, and neutrons (which get attached to other atoms and change them) and energy.
What is the nuclear reaction called when atoms split?
The nuclear reaction when atoms split is called fission. Fission is where atoms split into smaller particles or atoms.
Do atoms split?
yes but only High-energy neutrons or protons can split atoms
Are atoms too small to split into pieces?
you can split atoms that's how they created the atom bomb
When rock breaks does the atoms split?
No, it is impossible to split atoms unless you use high-tech lab gear.
What is a good sentence with the word atoms?
Let's not split atoms!
What does an atom splitter do?
split atoms
When a few atoms undergo fission they cause many more atoms to split this process is called an?
When a few atoms undergo fission, they cause many more atoms to split; this process is called an atomic bomb.
What chemicals are used to split atoms?
it is cool
Nuclei of uranium atoms split apart?
no
During photosynthesis water molecules are split into atoms of oxygen and what?
Since water is comprised of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom, when it is split into atoms by plants during photosynthesis the only other atoms other than oxygen that are produced are hydrogen atoms.
The process in which each split atom gives up neutrons which in turn split other atoms is called?
The process in which each split atom gives up neutrons which in turn split other atoms is called a nuclear fission chain reaction.
The idea of atoms dates back to?
the Greeks. Atoms were thought to be the last indivisible units, but we've learnt how to split atoms.
