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Can someone walk me through nuclear fission?
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[QUOTE="SteamKing, post: 5490999, member: 301881"] Yes, it has been a long time for you. The first thing you must do is wrap your head around the idea that fission is not a chemical process at all, but a nuclear one. The amount of energy released in a fission reaction has nothing to do whatsoever with any chemical bonds being broken. In a fission reaction, the nucleus of the fissile atom is split into at least two smaller atomic fragments, which also means that one element is split into two other elements. Why don't you read up on fission and then come back with any questions on stuff which may not be clear to you? This is a good article with which to start: [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fission[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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