fission process

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• fission process — dalijimosi vyksmas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. fission process vok. Spaltprozeß, m rus. процесс деления, m pranc. processus de fission, m …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

• Fission track dating — is a radiometric dating technique based on analyses of the damage trails, or tracks, left by fission fragments in certain uranium bearing minerals and glasses. Uranium 238 undergoes spontaneous fission decay at a known rate. The fragments emitted …   Wikipedia

• Fission products (by element) — On this page, a discussion of each of the main elements in the fission product mixture from the nuclear fission of an actinide such as uranium or plutonium is set out by element. Krypton 83 86 Krypton 85 is formed by the fission process witha… …   Wikipedia

• fission-track dating — Method of determining the age of a mineral that utilizes the damage done by the spontaneous fission of uranium 238, the most abundant isotope of uranium. The fission results in radiation damage, or fission tracks, that can be made visible by… …   Universalium

• Fission — is a splitting of something into two parts.Fission may refer to: *In physics, nuclear fission is a process where a large atomic nucleus (such as uranium) is split into two smaller nuclei *In biology, binary fission is the mitosis process whereby… …   Wikipedia

• Fission — Fis sion, n. [L. fissio. See {Fissure}.] 1. A cleaving, splitting, or breaking up into parts. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self division, consisting… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fission — UK US /ˈfɪʃən/ noun [U] ENVIRONMENT ► a process in which the nucleus of an atom divides and releases a large amount of energy: atomic/nuclear fission »Industrialized nations should increase their efforts in supporting energy efficiency, renewable …   Financial and business terms

• nuclear fission — fission (def. 2). [1885 90] * * * Division of a heavy atomic nucleus into two fragments of roughly equal mass, accompanied by the release of a large amount of energy, the binding energy of the subatomic particles. The energy released in the… …   Universalium

• Fission fragment reactor — Similar to how the fission fragment rocket produces thrust, a fission fragment reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates electricity by decelerating an ion beam of fission byproducts instead of using nuclear reactions to generate heat. By doing …   Wikipedia

• Fission (biology) — Binary fission in a prokaryote (e.g., a bacterium) In biology, fission is the subdivision of a cell (or body, population, or species) into two or more parts and the regeneration of those parts into separate cells (bodies, populations, or species) …   Wikipedia

• fission — 1. noun a) The process whereby one item splits to become two. b) The process of splitting the nucleus of an atom into smaller particles; nuclear fission 2. verb a) To cause to undergo …   Wiktionary