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The type of particle a uranium-235 must absorb before it can split?
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A neutron
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Can a quark be split?
nobody split the quark, it is a fundamental particle
What is The smallest particle of an element t?
An atom. An atom can be split into smaller pieces, but if you do that, you no longer have the same element.
The working principle of an atomic pile?
An atomic pile, or more correctly a nuclear pile, uses Uranium235 as the fuel. This isotope of uranium has the property that the nucleus can be split (fissioned) when a slow neutron enters it, and in the fission process more neutrons are emitted together with heat energy, and the formation of fission products which are other elements. Therefore a self perpetuating chain reaction can be started. The neutrons emitted by the fissions are fast and have to be slowed down by the moderator which can be graphite, heavy water, or light water. The rate of fissions is adjusted with control rods which absorb neutrons, or by other neutron absorbing means, so that a steady power level is achieved.
When the nuclei of heavy atoms with many protons are split this process is called?
Generally this is called nuclear fission. In the special case where one of the new particles produced is a Helium-4 nucleus (2 protons, 2 neutrons) the process is radioactive decay and specifically alpha emission. (The He-4 nucleus is called an alpha particle, as it was the first such particle recognized. A beta particle is an electron emitted from the nucleus with the conversion of a neutron to a proton = beta emission.)
Is it possible to split the nucleus of a light atom?
It is possible to photoactivate any nucleus except 1H. Be really hard to do, but possible. Light (a Photon) is a "massless" sub-atomic particle (Boson) that has no atomic structure / any structure is sub-atomic; IE: No "Atom, proton, neutron, electron" etc. Because of this it is not an "Atom" and cannot be split. Photon's can be 'cloned' which some term as splitting, however they are not really split as there is nothing to split. Photon's interact with charged electrons and clone themselves into lower frequencies, putting white light through a prism results in bands of colored light (lower frequencies).
Can a quark be split?
nobody split the quark, it is a fundamental particle
Atomic energy is the energy of heat mass or fluorescence?
Atomic energy is produced when atoms of uranium235 or other fissile material split, or undergo fission. It is nothing to do with fluorescence, and I don't understand 'heat mass'
In a beta particle emission what does the neutron split into?
a proton and an electron
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.
Which radiation is identical in mass and charge helium nucleus?
process by which a target nucleus can be split into two smaller nuclei upon bombardment
What kind of energy is produced when particle of metal are split into two?
Nuclear energy is released when uranium or plutonium nuclei are fissioned (split). Not clear what you mean by "particle", but nuclear energy only comes from a nuclear process, not a mechanical or chemical one.
Can you see a black hole when you are on eath?
You cannot see a black hole when you are on Earth, unless a black hole were to absorb Earth, which even then, you would see it in a split-second before it would engulf you
What will happen inside the nucleus if there alpha particle radiation?
Two neutrons and two protons will split off from the main nucleus as the alpha particle, leaving a different element.
Can you spit electrons?
As far as we know: no. An electron is a fundamental particle, which means it cannot be split into anything else.
What causes an atom to split into smaller particles?
The large amount of energy imparted upon it in a particle accelerator.
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.
What is The smallest particle of an element t?
An atom. An atom can be split into smaller pieces, but if you do that, you no longer have the same element.
