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imported>Howard C. Berkowitz (New page: <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude> The process by which a suitable isotope of an element with a higher atomic number absorbs a neutron, producing two or more lower-numbered nu...) |
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A [[Nuclear reaction|reaction]] by which a [[Nucleus (atom)|nucleus]] of a suitable [[isotope]] of an element with a high [[atomic number]] splits into two nuclei of lower atomic numbers and one or more [[neutron]]s and a relatively large release of energy per atom. | |||
Revision as of 02:48, 25 November 2012
A reaction by which a nucleus of a suitable isotope of an element with a high atomic number splits into two nuclei of lower atomic numbers and one or more neutrons and a relatively large release of energy per atom.