Engineering Board Exam Reviewer · Physics · easy

The splitting of a heavy nucleus into lighter nuclei is called:

1. Nuclear fission
2. Nuclear fusion
3. Radioactive decay
4. Ionization

Answer

A. Nuclear fission

Solution

Fusion is the combining of light nuclei (as in the sun).

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