Nuclear energy Flashcards
Nuclear reaction
reaction of fission, fusion or radio active decay that alters the energy composition or atomic structure of the particle.
Artificial transmutation
Nuclear reaction induced artificially by means of the bombardment some fundamental particles.
Types of artificial transmutation
Proton bombardment
Alpha bombardment
Deuteron bombardment
Neutron bombardment
Proton bombardment
A fired proton splitting a stable nucleus atom, thus split into two.
Alpha bombardment
Nitrogen gas bullets hitting alpha particles.
Nuclear Fission
Nuclear reaction which a large unstable nucleus splits, forming two nuclei/energy.
Nuclear Fusion
Nuclear reaction which two or more nuclei react/fuse to form heavier atomic/sub atomic particles
What are the events called in a nuclear reaction?
Chain reaction.
