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- for spontaneous fission the cause is an inconvenient ratio between neutrons and protons
- bombardment of the nucleus with particles, especially neutrons

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When atoms are split which part of the atom is energy released?

nucleus. the nucleus gets the energy and the realises it to the protons and the electrons.


The splitting of atoms causes other atoms to split in this process?

It's called thermonuclear reaction.


What happens when you split a nucleus?

You can't. You can't split atoms, which have a nucleus, so therefore you can¡t split the nucleus, which is an even smaller, inner part. It's mathematically and scientifically impossible! Actually no, Nuclear energy used in nuclear power plants and atomic bombs use the energy from a split nucleus of plutonium or uranium. So why is it that you think that a nucleus cannot be split when the USA has used a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki..... Genius.


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.


Does germanium have a nucleus?

All atoms have a nucleus.


Name of the atoms core?

The nucleus


If atom are the finest particle than why atom bomb are getting blast?

They split the atoms which causes a great release of energy.


A nuclear reaction in which an atoms nucleus is split into two smaller nuclei and energy is released as heat is known as?

nuclear fission


What type of atoms are found in the nucleus of an atom?

The nucleus of an atom CANNOT itself contain atoms.


Do atoms split?

yes but only High-energy neutrons or protons can split atoms


When one nucleus after another is split what occurs?

The more protons and neutrons that are present in an atom's nucleus, the more energy it takes to hold the nucleus together against the electrical repulsive force. If we cause the nucleus to split into two lighter atoms, then each of the "child" nuclei require less energy to hold them together - and a tiny bit of that "binding energy" is left over and is released. "A tiny bit" of energy multiplied by an enormous number of split atoms adds up to a whole lot of heat. Carefully controlled, this heat can be used to boil water, which spins turbines, which generates electricity. An uncontrolled reaction can melt the reactor, or even cause an explosion.


At the center of every atoms is a mass-filled region called the?

centeral part of an atom consists of protons and neutrons I believe it is called the nucleus