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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...
- 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...
-
destructive force from
nuclear reactions,
either fission (
fission or
atomic bomb) or a
combination of
fission and
fusion reactions (thermonuclear weapon),...
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fission rate of the
system and is
quantified as the
ratio of the
total number of
fissions caused by dela****
neutrons to the
total number of
fissions in...
- 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...
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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...
- when a
highly enriched uranium fuel is used.
Plutonium fissions will
dominate the U-235
fissions in some reactors,
especially after the
initial loading...
- 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...
- multi-stage
design is
distinct from the
usage of
fusion in
simpler boosted fission weapons. The
first full-scale
thermonuclear test (Ivy Mike) was carried...
-
boosted fission weapon usually refers to a type of
nuclear bomb that uses a
small amount of
fusion fuel to
increase the rate, and thus yield, of a
fission reaction...
