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07/08/2021 12:28 pm
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(a) What will happen if slow moving neutrons are made to strike the atoms of a heavy element 92U235? What is the name of this process?
(b) Write a nuclear equation to represent the process which takes place.
(c) Name one installation where such a process is utilised.
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07/08/2021 12:30 pm
(a) When slow moving neutrons are made to strike the atoms of a heavy element uranium-235, the heavy uranium nucleus breaks up to produce two medium-weighted atoms and 3 neutrons, with the emission of tremendous amount of energy. This process is called nuclear fission.
(b) \(_{92}^{235}U + _{0}^{1}n \overset{Fission}\rightarrow \) \(_{56}^{13}Ba + _{36}^{94}Kr + 3_{0}^{1}n \) + tremendous amount of energy
(c) Nuclear Power Station