[DOC] [TLE] What is Fission? Definition & Facts about Nuclear Energy [PAR] Sep 19, 2012 ... When an atom splits into two parts, either through natural decay or when ... 
Fission is different from the process of fusion, when two nuclei join ... start of 
World War II, drafted by Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard and signed by ... More 
commonly, fission is used to generate energy within a nuclear power plant. [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about PHYSICS - StudyStack [PAR] LEO SZILARD'S TERM FOR THE FISSION PROCESS WHERE 1 NEUTRON 
BREAKS AN ATOM IN 2, WHICH SPLITS MORE ATOMS... CHAIN REACTION. [DOC] [TLE] Fission  The Physics Hypertextbook [PAR] Heavy nuclei split into two fragments of roughly equal mass. ... 23592U, +, 10n, 
, fission fragments, +, 2.4 neutrons, +, 192.9 MeV ... creating the first controlled 
nuclear chain reaction. Leo Szilard recalls the day. variant 1 ... the uranium 
breaking up into two halves giving elements of about half the atomic weight of 
uranium. [DOC] [TLE] Nuclear fission - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Jan 26, 2015 ... Most nuclear fuels undergo spontaneous fission only very slowly, decaying ... 
and process) is a slightly unequal fission in which one daughter nucleus has ... 1. 
A uranium-235 atom absorbs a neutron and fissions into two new .... fission of 
uranium was verified independently by Leo Szilard and Walter Zinn. [DOC] [TLE] The Manhattan Project [PAR] Index Terms  Atomic Bomb, Fat Man, Little Boy, Manhattan Project, ... the 
Manhattan Project is one of scientific engineering's foremost successes. ... In the 
late afternoon of this momentous day, Fermi and Leo Szilard created the first ... 
Instantly the U-236 splits into two atoms of different elements, emitting 2 neutrons 
that... [DOC] [TLE] Nuclear Fission facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Nuclear fission is a process in which the nucleus of an atom splits, usually into 
two ... of the atom was well understood in terms of protons, neutrons, and 
electrons, nuclear ... The fission reaction was the basis of the atomic bomb first 
developed by the ... If the vibration is violent enough, the drop can break into two 
pieces. [DOC] [TLE] Manhattan Project facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard (18981964) conceived the idea of the nuclear 
chain ... of the plausibility of nuclear weapons, and of German experimentation 
with uranium and fission. ... Fat Man, the code name for the plutonium bomb, was 
more difficult to design. ... National Atomic Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico. [DOC] [TLE] Szilard's chain reaction: visionary or crank? | Restricted Data [PAR] May 16, 2014 ... Leo Szilard conceived of the nuclear chain reaction 5 years before fission ... 
Richard Rhodes starts off his The Making of the Atomic Bomb with Szilard's 
famous 1933 epiphany: ... emit two neutrons when it absorbs one neutron, such 
an element, ..... This isn't the same process at all, but in terms of orders of... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 5: Nuclear Physics - Farmingdale State College [PAR] name radioactivity. .... atomic number Z but a different mass number A and a 
different neutron ... 1. 3H  Tritium contains 1 proton and 2 neutrons. Most 
elements have two or ... breaks up or decays, and emits radioactive particles. ... is
, the binding energy comes from the mass that is lost in the process of ...... Leo 
Szilard. [DOC] [TLE] PDF of Fission text - American Institute of Physics [PAR] Most of them winners of the Nobel Prize; all of them superb ... Can atoms be split 
apart? ... Ideas about the atom were refined by one of Thomson's students, Ernest 
.... Leo Szilard thought of a possible way to do it. ... some sort of nucleus that 
would emit two neutrons whenever it was ... saying, "Barium, I don't believe it. [DOC] [TLE] Nuclear chain reaction - Wikipedia [PAR] A nuclear chain reaction occurs when one single nuclear reaction causes an 
average of one or more subsequent nuclear reactions, thus leading to the 
possibility of a self-propagating series of these reactions. The specific nuclear

Question: Leo Szilard's term for the fission process where 1 neutron breaks an atom in 2, which splits more atoms...
Answer: a chain reaction