Nuclear Fission and Fusion

What is Fission?

• splitting of a nucleus

• breaking of a atom chain

• freeing neutrons

• breaking of a link which causes an explosion

Explain Fission in a paragraph or less.

Isotope Uranium- ___ is the most cooperative form of uranium supporting fission and fusion

what is the full form or DU

• Depleted uranium

• diffused uranium

• different

  dibacle

• None of these

What is critical mass

• The undergoer of supercritical expansion.

• minimum amount of fuel required to support a chain reaction.

• None of these

• All of these

How does subcritical mass become supercritical?

• Bombardment of neutrons

• Explosion of energy

• None of these

• bringing subcritical masses together

how fast does splitting of a nucleus happen?

• in milliseconds

• in deciseconds

• in picoseconds

• in lightseconds

what material was used to tamper a neutron generator?

• U-235

• U-238

what do hydrogen bombs(thermonuclear bombs)combine to achieve a stonger chain reaction?

• Fission and fusion

• Hydrogen and tritium

• fission and electricity

• None of these