Question

A nuclear reaction is represented by the following equation :
$\underset{92}{235}U+\underset{0}{1}n⟶\underset{56}{139}Ba+\underset{36}{94}Kr+xc+E$
(a) Name the process represented by this equation and describe what takes place in this reaction.
(b) Identify the particle c and the number x of such particles produced in the reaction.
(c) What does E represent ?
(d) Name one installation where the above nuclear reaction is utilised.
(e) What type of bomb is based on similar type of reactions ?

Answer 1

a)
Nuclear fission
Nuclear fission is a nuclear reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into smaller parts (lighter nuclei). ... In nuclear physics, nuclear fission is either a nuclear reaction or a radioactive decay process
b) Nuetron and number is 3

c) Energy
d) - nuclear reactor or nuclear power plants.

e) - A fission bomb uses an element like uranium-235 to create a nuclear explosion. ... As soon as the nucleus captures the neutron, it splits into two lighter atoms and throws off two or three new neutrons (the number of ejected neutrons depends on how the U-235 atom happens to split).

so nuclear bomb