Pritisha Malla

Differences between Fission and Fusion

Differences between Fission and FusionThe differences between Fission and Fusion are:FissionFusionFission involves breaking up of a heavy nucleus into lighter nuclei.Fusion involves combining of tw...

Nuclear Fission and Fusion

Nuclear FissionWhen a heavy nucleus like 92U235 is bombarded by a neutron, the total mass of nuclei is not equal to the sum of the masses of the heavy nucleus and the neutron. Similarly, when two ...

Atomic Mass and Atomic Mass Unit

Atomic Mass and Atomic Mass UnitMass refers to the mass of a neutral atom. Thus, this includes the masses of corresponding nucleons, the masses of the orbital electrons and the mass equivalent to t...

Nuclear Physics

Introduction    The branch of physics dealing with the study of atomic nucleus is called nuclear physics.Properties of Nucleus1.Charge: The nuclei consists of protons and neutrons. Since neutrons ...