Nuclear fission/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Nuclear fission.

A reaction by which a nucleus of a suitable isotope of an element with a high atomic number splits into two nuclei of lower atomic numbers and one or more neutrons and a relatively large release of energy per atom.

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