Question

What happens in a fission reaction?

Answer 1

Bigger nuclei having higher atomic number get s converted to smaller ones with smaller atomic number.

Answer 2

fission = when stuff decay, and you have alpha, beta, or gamma rays as one of possible products

Answer 3

So... A fission reaction basically breaks down?

Answer 4

yea... your products will always be lighter than your reactants.

well... not always. For beta decay, the atom gains one extra proton and shoots off an electron

Answer 5

so in that case, the product is one atomic number more than the reactants

Answer 6

Thank yhu.

Answer 7

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