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What is nuclear fission ? Given an example to illustrate it.

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1) The process in which heavy nucleus of a radioactive atom splits up into smaller nuclei when bambared with low energy neutrons is called is called nuclear fission.
Ex : `""^(235)U_(92)+""^(1)n_(0) rarr ""^(139)Ba_(56)+""^(94)Kr_(36)+""^(31)n_(0)+"Energy"`
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