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What type of particle is captured by a nucleus during a fission reaction?
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∙ 14y ago
The nucleus splits to form two or more smaller nuclei.
Kelli Prosacco
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∙ 6y agoThe neutron is the particle that initiates fission in nuclear fuel. And it is generally not said to bombard nuclei, but, rather, it is absorbed by nuclei to initiate another fission event.
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∙ 14y agoThere is not necessarily any particle captured in a fission reaction. 235U sometimes decays by spontaneous fission.
Fission reactions do happen, however, after a neutron capture, which increases the isotope number by one, and often leaves an atom much less stable than it had been. Sometimes a collision by a neutron does not lead to capture, but to decay, and this can also be fission in some cases.
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∙ 10y agoMainly neutrons plus other particles coming from the radioactive decay of fission fragments (as beta particles, alpha particles, protons, etc)
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∙ 13y agoA neutron
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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
For a fission reaction to fail to be maintained as a chain reaction each fission must produce less than additional fission reaction(s).?
In a continuous chain reaction at a steady rate, which gives a steady power output from a fission reactor, every fission gives rise to another fission. This happens because in every fission 2 or 3 neutrons are produced, some are absorbed or lost, but if just one is captured by another fissionable nucleus, the chain reaction will continue. Apex answer = 1
What occurs in nuclear fiusion?
There is no such thing as fiusion. There is fusion and there is fission. fission is when the atoms are spilt apart (like in an atom bomb). fusion is when the atoms are put together (like a hydrogen bomb)
What is the ideal location of fission?
Fission refers to a nuclear reaction wherein a heavy nucleus splits spontaneously, with the release of energy. The ideal location of fission is in a power plant inside a nuclear reactor.
What is the difference between the use of fission as an energy source?
The difference between the use of fission and fusion as an energy source is that in fusion reaction, 2 or more light atomic nuclei fuses to form single heavier nucleus while in fission reaction, heavy atomic nucleus is usually splited into smaller nuclei, other particles and radiation.
What is the definition for nuclear fission?
A nuclear reaction in which a heavy nucleus splits spontaneously or on impact with another particle, with the release of energy.
What is induced nuclear fission?
We might think of induced nuclear fission as a fission reaction that occurs when a neutron is captured by, say, a uranium-235 atom and that atomic nucleus undergoes fission as a result. Most all of the fission events within a nuclear reactor or nuclear weapon are induced. Given this, we might then compare that fission event to a spontaneous fission event wherein the atomic nucleus of a uranium-235 atom spontaneously undergoes fission without having captured a neutron.
In a nuclear fission reaction a freely moving neutron is introduced to a nuclear fuel such as uranium-235. What happens next?
a neutron is absorbed by an atom’s nucleus. (apex)
Whats the nuclear reaction of fission?
The splitting of a nucleus atom
What type of nuclear reaction involves one nucleus breaking into multiple nuclei?
Nuclear fission
What is fission in physics?
In physics, fission is the process in which a heavy, unstable element is split into two lighter elements by bombarding it with a small particle. Some of the energy that was binding the element's nucleus together is then released, along with a third, tiny particle that is released as well. The tiny particle then collides with another of the heavy elements, causing it to split as well, emitting another particle which collides with another heavy element, and so on. This is the chain reaction that allows for sustainable nuclear power generation, in which the reaction is controlled, or the detonation of nuclear weapons, in which the reaction is uncontrolled.
When a nucleus undergoes radioactive decay its new mass number is?
It depends. If the decay contains a particle with mass, then the nucleus' mass number must decrease. If the decay involves the emission of a massless particle (like a gamma photon), then the mass number is unchanged. If the reaction (not technically a decay) involves the nucleus absorbing a particle with mass (like U-235 absorbing a neutron in a fission chain reaction) then it is a transmutation and not a natural decay. The mass number must increase.
What is fissile nucleus?
a thermal slow neutrons that will fission by a chain reaction of the nutrons.
Can fusion take place in the nucleus of a uranium atom?
Not fusion, but a fission reaction.
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 is a nuclear reaction in which an atom's nucleus splits to form two new atom?
Fission.
Which nuclear reaction occurs when one nucleus splits into two nuclei?
Nuclear Fission
