nuclear fission

Also known as fission

nuclear reaction splitting an atom into multiple parts

AI overview

Nuclear fission is a process where an atom splits apart into smaller pieces, releasing a large amount of energy in the process. This matters because fission can be controlled to generate electricity in nuclear power plants, or released suddenly in nuclear weapons, making it one of the most powerful energy sources available to humans.

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Research

4,448 papers

NUCLEAR FISSION.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 1940Darrow KKDOI: 10.1126/science.91.2370.514
Angular momentum generation in nuclear fission.Nature · 2021Wilson JN, Thisse D, Lebois M et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03304-w
Nuclear fission: the interplay of science and technology.ReviewPhilosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2010Stoneham AMDOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0061
Nuclear fission revisited.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 1970Huizenga JRDOI: 10.1126/science.168.3938.1405
Overproduction of a nuclear export signal in fission yeast promotes nuclear expansion through microtubules.FEBS letters · 2026Fujimoto T, Mizunuma M, Kume KDOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.70267
Constraint of the Nuclear Dissipation Coefficient in Fission of Hypernuclei.Physical review letters · 2023Rodríguez-Sánchez JL, Cugnon J, David JC et al.DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.132501
Nuclear fission: a review of experimental advances and phenomenology.Reports on progress in physics. Physical Society (Great Britain) · 2018Andreyev AN, Nishio K, Schmidt KHDOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/aa82eb
[Nuclear fission].Ciencia e investigacion · 1950MOSSIN KOTIN C

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Encyclopedic overview

Induced fission reaction. A neutron is absorbed by a uranium-235 nucleus, turning it briefly into an excited uranium-236 nucleus, with the excitation energy provided by the kinetic energy of the neutron plus the forces that bind the neutron. The uranium-236, in turn, splits into fast-moving lighter elements (fission products) and releases several free neutrons, one or more "prompt gamma rays" (not shown) and a (proportionally) large amount of kinetic energy.

Nuclear fission is a reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei. The fission process often produces gamma photons, and releases a very large amount of energy even by the energetic standards of radioactive decay.

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