Question

He splitting of the uranium atom is an example of ________. the splitting of the uranium atom is an example of ________. radioactive merge half life radioactive cleavage nuclear fusion nuclear fission

Answer 1

The splitting of an atom is known as nuclear fission, in which a high-energy particle is introduced to a heavy atom to instigate the separation; heavy atoms are known to be naturally unstable due to their size, and a small catalyst is enough to tip the system in favor of splitting. The act of fission usually produces two daughter nuclei and some byproduct, such as an alpha or beta particle, etc.