What is Nuclear fission??
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it's a nuclear reaction or a radioactive decay process in which the nucleus of an atom splits into smaller particles
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Nuclear fission occurs when a heavy nucleus, such as 235splits, or fissions. into two smaller nuclei. In such a reaction, the total mass of the products is less than the original mass of
the heavy nucleus.Nuclear fission was first observed in 1939 by Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman, following some basic studies by Fermi. After bombarding uranium (Z - 92) with neutrons, Hahn and Strassman discovered among the reaction products two
m-mass elements, barium and ianthanum. Shortly thereafter, Lisa Meithner and Otto Frisch explained what had happened. The uranium nucleus had split into two nearly equal fragments after absorbing a neutron. Such an occurrence was of considerable interest to physicists attempting to understand
the nucleus. But it was to have even more far-reaching consequences, Measurements showed that about 200 MeV of energy is released in each fission event, and this fact was to affect the course of human history.
the heavy nucleus.Nuclear fission was first observed in 1939 by Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman, following some basic studies by Fermi. After bombarding uranium (Z - 92) with neutrons, Hahn and Strassman discovered among the reaction products two
m-mass elements, barium and ianthanum. Shortly thereafter, Lisa Meithner and Otto Frisch explained what had happened. The uranium nucleus had split into two nearly equal fragments after absorbing a neutron. Such an occurrence was of considerable interest to physicists attempting to understand
the nucleus. But it was to have even more far-reaching consequences, Measurements showed that about 200 MeV of energy is released in each fission event, and this fact was to affect the course of human history.
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