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Could someone please explain why relatively light nuclei do not undergo spontaneous fission? Thanks.
Why Don't Light Nuclei Undergo Spontaneous Fission?
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The radius of the nucleus has to be large enough so that a slight perturbation will make the
Coulomb repulsion overcome the nuclear attraction.
Coulomb repulsion overcome the nuclear attraction.
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EDerkatch said:Could someone please explain why relatively light nuclei do not undergo spontaneous fission?
But some do. 8Be, for example.
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