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What sound does uranium make when you hit it?
I'm guessing it would make a " squish" sound because it's a soft metal and can be cut by a knife. Or it would make a slight " bing". Lastly, it might explode 'cuz it's radioactive. ------------------------------------------------- Excuse me, but I worked more than 39 years with uranium: - the sound is metallic - uranium is not a soft metal and it is impossible to cut uranium with a knife; it is difficult to cut an uranium piece also with a laser !
What happens when a neutron hits a large uranium nucleus?
One thing that can happen when a neutron interacts with a uranium atom is called scattering. The neutron "bounces off" the uranium. Aside from scattering, a neutron has a possibility of being absorbed by the uranium nucleus, and this can cause several different reactions, depending on which isotope of uranium is involved in the reaction. It is neutron absorption that is the mechanism utilized in the chain reactions in nuclear weapons and in nuclear reactors. Nuclear fuel, which is often uranium-235, fissions by absorbing a neutron. In the case of uranium-238, we make plutonium by getting that isotope to absorb a neutron. There is a lot more to learn, and you'll find related links below to get you going.
Were will nibiru hit earth?
Nibiru is a hypothetical planet and will hypothetically hit Earth in 2012 causing hypothetically disastrous results. With no doubt, loads of hypothetical law suites.
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Uranium 235 and uranium 238 are isotope they are chemically different why?
I LIKE PIGS IN A BLANKET I think ,because when hit Uranium-238 by a neutron, it becomes uranium-239, an unstable isotope which returns into neptunium-239, which then itself decays, with a half-life of 2.355 days, into plutonium-239. ------------------------ Differences in nucleus stability and nuclear cross sections for fission with thermal neutrons. Some details at: http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Library/Fission.html
Uranium 235 can be split if its hit by what?
Thermal neutrons with an energy of 0,025 eV
Does nuclear power work quick?
Well it all depends; Fission of Uranium 235, splitting of this atom into two smaller atoms of different elements. A neuron must hit the nucleus at just the right speed to cause the Uranium 235 to undergo fission. When the Uranium atom is split, free neutrons are released in the form of positiv.
What does an element get split into?
The short answer is 'nothing'. An element is a pure substance which cannot be made any simpler by chemical means. However, if we go beyond chemistry into nuclear physics, then heavier atoms split apart in the process of radioactivity, or can be made to split by neutron bombardment. For instance, if a uranium 235 atom is hit by a neutron, one way it can split produces barium and krypton.
How is a uranium-235 nucleus made to undergo fission?
Nuclear fission is the splitting up of big atomic nuclei. Uranium is quite a large nuclei. Each time a uranium atom splits up, it spits out two or three neutrons. One of which might hit another nuclei causing it to split - thus keeping the chain reaction going. The uranium atom - when hit by a neutron splits into Barium and Krypton.
Which one of these is cliche. hit the gap. bogey. split or dinger?
Hit the Gap..
How did the Titanic split in haf?
the titanic did not split in half it got a hole in it because it hit an iceberg
What state in the United States produces the most uranium?
Wyoming has the largest uranium ore reserves in the US. The industry was hard-hit in the 1980's. As of 2006, the only active uranium mine in Wyoming in the Smith Ranch-Highland, which is the leading uranium producer in the US.
Does concrete split underwater?
If you hit it hard enough.
When a certain isotope such as U 238 is hit by a neutron it will always split into the same smaller nuclei?
No, not at all. Simple decay (alpha decay, beta decay, K capture, etc.) will always produce the same daughter products, but with neutron-induced fission it's ... well, it's not quiterandom, but it's certainly not going to always produce the same products.
How do you harness all that energy from one atom of uranium?
Uranium produces so much energy because the strong force is the most powerful force, on the subatomic scale, in the universe.This is a simplified explanation...The strong force holds quarks together to form protons and neutrons. At this distance, it is 100 times more powerful than the electromagnetic force which would tend to cause like charged particles to repel each other.Leftover from the strong force that forms protons and neutrons is the residual binding energy that holds protons and neutrons together within the atomic nucleus. The residual binding energy, also known as the nuclear force, is somewhat less than 100 times the electromagnetic force. However, at distances greater than a proton or neutron, it starts to weaken and be in competition with the electromagnetic force, causing instability in nuclei that are heavier than lead. This instability, however, is not really applicable to the question and its answer, other than to say that it causes radioactive instability, so I will leave it at that.What is essential to understand, for this question, is that there is an energy to nucleon curve that basically states how much energy is required to hold a nucleon in a certain state. This curve starts off low with hydrogen-1, and increases with atomic mass, up to a peak value around iron-56, and then gradually decreases up through and beyond uranium. There is a peak at helium-4, and then a step change down, followed by a return to the increasing energy through iron but, again, that is not applicable to this question, so I will leave it alone as well.As a result of this curve, which is decreasing by the time we reach uranium, if you were to fission (split) a uranium atom into two parts, the binding energy required to sustain that configuration would be less than the original energy required to sustain the original uranium.This excess energy, also known as a mass deficit, is released when fission of heavy nucleons occurs. That is where the fission of uranium produces so much energy.For a picture of the energy curve, please see the Related Link below.
Why is the titanic at the bottom of the ocean?
It hit an iceberg and split in 2 and it sunk.
How do you split rocks using a hammer?
you hit thing with it
