Nuclear fission

Subject: Physics

Grade: Upper Secondary

Publisher: YDP

Resource types: Class activity

Resource ID: h865
Description:

At the end of this activity, students should be able to:
– describe a nuclear fission reaction
– calculate the energy released during a reaction given the mass of the substrates and the products
– explain the meaning of critical mass
– describe the operation of a nuclear reactor
– explain the operation of an atomic bomb.

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Consists of...
Uranium Student activity Fission products Student activity Energy released dur... Student activity Avalanche of fissio... Student activity Atomic bomb Student activity A chain of fission ... Student activity Nuclear power station Student activity

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Secondary School

Upper Secondary (Grades 10-12)

Physics

Nuclear physics

110. Nuclear fission

YDP SA

Keywords

atom, energy, binding, chain, nuclear, reaction, mass, fission, critical, defect, bomb, Nuclear fission

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