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Neutrons; but the cross section area is not so important.

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Q: The uranium 238 atom can be triggered to split when it is struck by a?
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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


The uranium atom can be triggered to split when struck by?

The nuclear fission of uranium is a reaction with neutrons.


The uranium 238 atom can be triggered to split when its struck by a?

By neutrons; bu the cross specific area is very small for thermal neutrons.


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


Can an atom of uranium split?

Yes, by nuclear fission.


What did Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman split in 1938?

They split the uranium atom.


What atom of this element can split to hel generate electricity?

Uranium


What is the process in which an uranium atom is split to generate energy?

Nuclear fission


What is it called when a particle of an atom that flies off when a uranium atom is split?

Probably you think at fission products.