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Meitner and Frisch explain nuclear fission

1939 CE · Sweden, Europe · Science

Meitner and Frisch explain nuclear fission
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Nuclear fission is a reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei. The fission process often produces neutrons and gamma rays, and releases a very large amount of energy even by the energetic standards of radioactive decay.

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