Quest 1. What is nuclear fission? Give an example of a fissile nucleus, and give the magnitude of the energy produced in a basic reaction. What is the projectile that causes the nuclear fission of a nucleus? What is nuclear fusion? Give an example of a nuclear fusion reaction, and give the

Quest 1. What is nuclear fission? Give an example of a fissile nucleus, and give the magnitude of the energy produced in a basic reaction. What is the projectile that causes the nuclear fission of a nucleus? What is nuclear fusion? Give an example of a nuclear fusion reaction, and give the

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What is nuclear fission? Give
an
example of a fissile nucleus, and give the
magnitude of the energy produced in a
basic reaction.
2.
What is the projectile that causes the
nuclear fission of a nucleus?
3.
What is nuclear fusion? Give an example
of a nuclear fusion reaction, and give the
magnitude of the energy produced in a
e at doid
basic reaction.
4. In which natural systems is the energy
produced by nuclear fusion?
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