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Nuclear_fission.svg‎ (SVG file, nominally 261 × 451 pixels, file size: 23 KB)

[edit] Summary

Simple diagram of nuclear fission. In the first frame, a neutron is about to collide with the nucleus of a U-235 atom. In the second frame, the neutron has been absorbed and briefly turned the nucleus into an unstable U-236 atom. In the third frame, the U-236 atom has fissioned, resulting in two fission fragments (Ba-141 and Kr-92), three neutrons, and the release of a relatively large amount of binding energy.

Created by User:Fastfission in Illustrator.

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	21:47, 22 November 2009		261×451 (23 KB)	Wondigoma (Talk \| contribs)	(cleanup)
	13:37, 28 March 2009		309×471 (35 KB)	Pieter Kuiper (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to version as of 01:12, 31 December 2005)
	22:09, 31 December 2005		309×482 (39 KB)	Fastfission (Talk \| contribs)	(stylistic improvements)
	01:12, 31 December 2005		309×471 (35 KB)	Fastfission (Talk \| contribs)	(== Summary == Simple diagram of nuclear fission. In the first frame, a neutron is about to collide with the nucleus of a U-235 atom. In the second frame, the neutron has been absorbed and briefly turned the neucleus into an unstable U-236 atom. In the thi)