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How can a uranium atom be made to release nuclear energy?
Every atom contains nuclear energy inside it. That nuclear energy can be released by splitting the atom. The uranium atom is one of the ones that is easier to split. Usually to release the nuclear energy atoms are collided with each other which breaks them releasing the nuclear energy. This is done in a machine called a particle accelerator in which atoms are fired at near the speed of light and when they collide and split they release nuclear energy. I Hope that answers your question.
What is the process in which an uranium atom is split to generate energy?
Nuclear fission
How does uranium turn nuclear?
Pure Uranium is radioactive; thus harmful. Inside a nuclear reactor, atoms get split. When the Uranium atom is split, it releases a huge amount of energy. This energy is called nuclear energy. Also the normal Uranium is not used in reactors. The Uranium that is used is enhanced; it is an isotope of Uranium. Uranium-237 and Uranium-238 are used in nuclear reactors. I hope this answer was useful for you.
The uranium 238 can be triggered to split when it is stuck by a?
a free neutron can trigger the split of a particle like uranium 238. It will produce a smaller atom (eg. proctantium), a beta particle and energy.
What atom was split to make a bomb?
uranium
What do fission of uranium produce?
Uranium fission creates a chain reaction that initiates a chain reaction that grows exponentially into a massive conversion of the potential energy inside the uranium atom into kinetic energy in the form of an explosion - a nuclear explosion. These are the bombs that ended WW2. Today we can split H atoms, which release significantly more energy.
The uranium atom can be triggered to split when it is struck by what?
The answer is neutron. :)
The uranium atom can be triggered to split when it is struck with?
Neutrons
The uranium atom can be triggered to split when its struck by a?
Neutrons
Can an atom of uranium split?
Yes, by nuclear fission.
What is the difference between an atom of carbon and atom of uranium?
The usual Carbon-12 is not radioactive. Uranium is radioactive. Radioactive means that the atom splits and spits out some energy or matter (with matter, the atom changes to another atom). Luckily, all the atoms don't split at once.
What did Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman split in 1938?
They split the uranium atom.
