BOHR AND WHEELER'S Explanation of Nuclear Fission

 

 

BOHR AND WHEELER'S Explanation of Nuclear Fission

 

WHAT IS  NUCLEAR FISSION ?

When the nucleus of an atom splits into lighter nuclei through a nuclear  reaction the process is termed as nuclear fission. This decay can be natural spontaneous splitting by radioactive decay,or can actually be simulated in a lab by achieving necessary conditions. The resulting fragments tend to have a combined mass which is less than the original. 

DEFINITION:

Nuclear fission, subdivision of a heavy atomic nucleus, such as that of Uranium or Plutonium, into two fragments  of roughly equal  mass.  The process is accompanied by the release  of a large amount of energy.

Example of Nuclear fission:

• The  splitting of Uranium-233
• The splitting of Plutonium-239

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