One valuable characteristic of fission is the amount of energy released for each disintegrating atom is substantial.
one of the largest known
One valuable characteristic of fission is the amount of energy released for each disintegrating atom is one of the largest known. If e is equal to mc squared, e is the amount of energy released and m is the amount of matter being fissioned. C is the speed of light which is squared.
Each fission of U235 releases 200 Mev (200 million electron volts) which in terms of Joules is 3.2 x 10-11 Joules
Radioactive disintegration or spontaneous fission
About 200 Mev per fission, which is a very small amount but then many many nuclei are fissioned per second
Energy
Energy is released during fusion and fission.
nuclear fission
The heat released by nuclear fission is transformed in electrical energy.
1. Energy (heat) 2. Fast neutrons 3. Fission products (atoms of other elements of lower atomic weight, often very radioactive). All three are produced simultaneously, for every fission that occurs.
It can eject anything, depending on the particular nucleus and the reaction involved, ranging from alpha (Helium nucleus) to beta (electron or positron), gamma (photon/energy) to neutron. If it splits, then it can "eject", so to speak, mixed fission byproducts, which encompasses a wide range of nuclei.