Nuclear and Quantum

Question 1

Nuclear fission

Answer 1

The splitting of a large, unstable nucleus into two smaller nuclei

Question 2

Why do products of fission move away very quickly ?

Answer 2

This is because energy is transferred from the nuclear potential energy store of a nucleus to the kinetic energy store of the fission fragments

Question 3

spontaneous fission

Answer 3

Spontaneous fissions is when nuclei undergo fission without additional energy being put into the nucleus. It’s very rare