Lower School Science

Apr172012

POSTED AT 04:06 PM

Nuclear fission happens when a high-speed particle hits an atom with lots of protons and neutrons, such as a molecule of uranium. The atom splits apart, releasing a burst of energy and sending out more high speed particles. Here are a couple videos to help illustrate the idea:
Nuclear fission animated
and here's a chain reaction - only pingpong balls on mousetraps!
Mousetrap fission

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sin cara

cool! So thats how it works. So thats how you do it!

4/24/2012 7:06:02 PM
julio125

That is so cool.

4/25/2012 8:03:54 PM
Horsegirl

Thats so cool!!!

5/3/2012 11:07:20 AM

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