- Look up
fission in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Fission, a
splitting of
something into two or more parts, may
refer to:
Fission (biology), the division...
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products of
about 3 to 2, for
common fissile isotopes. Most
fissions are
binary fissions (producing two
charged fragments), but
occasionally (2 to 4 times...
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Spontaneous fission (SF) is a form of
radioactive decay in
which a
heavy atomic nucleus splits into two or more
lighter nuclei. In
contrast to
induced fission, there...
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Fission, in biology, is the
division of a
single entity into two or more
parts and the
regeneration of
those parts to
separate entities resembling the...
- A
natural nuclear fission reactor is a
uranium deposit where self-sustaining
nuclear chain reactions occur. The idea of a
nuclear reactor existing in...
- neutron-induced
fission.
Quaternary fission, at 1 per 10
million fissions, is also
known (see below). The most
common nuclear fission process is "binary
fission." It...
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destructive force from
nuclear reactions,
either fission (
fission bomb) or a
combination of
fission and
fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing...
- electrons. The
dominant contribution of
fission neutrons to the bomb's
power is the
initiation of
subsequent fissions. Over half of the
neutrons escape the...
- the
ratio of
total fissions to
fissions caused only by
thermal neutrons Fast
neutrons have a
small probability to
cause fissions in uranium, specifically...
- and
nuclear chemistry, the
fission barrier is the
activation energy required for a
nucleus of an atom to
undergo fission. This
barrier may also be defined...
