What generates charges through a cable?
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What generates charges through a cable?
What is the neutron charge?
How do you launch a neutron?
Why can't nuclear power explode?
What happens when an atom is split?
How many atoms are split in an atomic bomb?
What generates charges through a cable?
A closed circuit of conductive material provides a path for electrons to flow continuously. Charges are driven by an electric field. We need a source of electric potential (voltage) that pushes electrons from a point of low potential energy to higher potential energy.
What is the neutron charge?
2.1 Electrons, protons, neutrons and atoms
elementary particle charge mass proton +1 1 neutron 0 1 electron −1 ~0
How do you launch a neutron?
With U-238, the neutron must be slowed down or "thermalized". This happens with heavy water or water made from hydrogen with extra neutrons. The free neutrons strike the water atoms and transfer some of their kinetic energy to the water, heating it.
Why can't nuclear power explode?
Fortunately, the reactor cannot explode. A nuclear explosion cannot take place because the fuel is not compact enough to allow an uncontrolled chain reaction. The MIT reactor contains a lot of water and basic structural materials that slow down neutrons before they reach other fissile atoms.
What happens when an atom is split?
What happens when you split an atom? The energy released by the splitting of a single atom is tiny. However, when the nucleus is split under the right conditions, some stray neutrons are also released, which can then split more atoms, releasing more energy and more neutrons, setting off a chain reaction.
How many atoms are split in an atomic bomb?
Atomic bombs are made of a fissile element, such as uranium, enriched with the isotope that can sustain a chain reaction of nuclear fission. When a free neutron hits the nucleus of a fissile atom like uranium-235 (235U), the uranium splits into two smaller atoms called fission fragments, plus more neutrons.
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