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What will happen if slow moving neutrons are made to strike the atoms of a heavy element 23592U? What is the name of this process?
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When slow moving neutrons are made to strike the atoms of a heavy element uranium-235, the heavy uranium nucleus breaks up to produce two medium-weighted atoms and 3 neutrons, with the emission of tremendous amount of energy. This process is called nuclear fission..
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