Uncharged, therefor not repelled by positive charge of nucleus.
Nuclear fuels are bombarded by neutrons to induce their fission reaction. Neutrons are able to penetrate the nucleus of the fuel atoms and cause them to split, releasing energy and more neutrons in the process. This chain reaction is the basis for nuclear power generation.
Currently, it can't. May be it could be in future.
Nuclear fission is the splitting of an atomic nucleus, which releases a large amount of energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation and subatomic particles. This radiation can be in the form of gamma rays, neutrons, and beta particles, which are emitted during the fission process.
Uranium-235 or Plutonium-239 are commonly used in nuclear fission reactions. When hit by a neutron, these particles can split into smaller fragments, releasing more neutrons and a large amount of energy.
Protons and neutrons, collectively known as nucleons, are the particles responsible for nuclear reactions in the atom. The strong nuclear force binds these particles together in the nucleus, leading to nuclear reactions such as fission and fusion.
neutrons
Nuclear fuels are bombarded by neutrons to induce their fission reaction. Neutrons are able to penetrate the nucleus of the fuel atoms and cause them to split, releasing energy and more neutrons in the process. This chain reaction is the basis for nuclear power generation.
Currently, it can't. May be it could be in future.
Nuclear fission is the splitting of an atomic nucleus, which releases a large amount of energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation and subatomic particles. This radiation can be in the form of gamma rays, neutrons, and beta particles, which are emitted during the fission process.
Uranium-235 or Plutonium-239 are commonly used in nuclear fission reactions. When hit by a neutron, these particles can split into smaller fragments, releasing more neutrons and a large amount of energy.
The act of an atom splitting is called nuclear fission. In nuclear fission where we see neutrons emerge with fission fragments, and we then see those neutrons initiate other fission reactions is called a nuclear fission chain reaction.
Nuclear fission in a nuclear reactor is initiated by bombarding uranium or plutonium atoms with neutrons, causing them to split and release more neutrons, which then continue the chain reaction.
Protons and neutrons, collectively known as nucleons, are the particles responsible for nuclear reactions in the atom. The strong nuclear force binds these particles together in the nucleus, leading to nuclear reactions such as fission and fusion.
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.
Protons are not the active part in fission, they are just there. It is neutrons that determine the fission behaviour
nuclear chain reactionNote: there are also chemical chain reactions (e.g. polymerization), of course they involve no neutrons
Neutrons are the particles captured by other nuclei in a nuclear chain reaction. When these neutrons are absorbed by other nuclei, it can trigger additional fission events, leading to a self-sustaining chain reaction.