Essays Tagged: "uranium atom"

Nuclear activities in todays world.

e globe were experimenting withspliting atoms and the sort. When theydiscoverd that by bombarding a uraniumatom with neutrons it would splitresulting in energy release of radiationand heat. After thre ... itchincluding the Core, the Condenser, theturbine and the steam generator. Inside thecore Super hot uranium rods heat watercreating steam, the steam then flows througha pipe to the steam generator, wi ...

(2 pages) 82 1 3.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Nuclear Power

led nuclear fission. Fission can take place in many different kinds of atoms. This explanation uses Uranium - 235, the atom most commonly used in nuclear reactors. The Uranium atom has many protons, t ... is so unstable it wants to split itself apart, causing a spontaneous fission. When the nuclei of a Uranium atom splits apart, it splits into two atoms. Commonly the nucleus splits into Barium and Kry ...

(5 pages) 101 0 3.6 May/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Local scientists and their history.

In 1939 it was realized that atoms could be split. By splitting a uranium atom in half, both halves of the atom would have a positive charge and would repel each othe ... .By the end of 1941, British studies had outlined the materials requirements for an atomic bomb and uranium research was going on at about 12 American universities. During 1942, the Manhattan District ... o be an extremely useful tool for bombarding atomic nuclei. Two years later, Enrico Fermi bombarded uranium with neutrons, hoping that it would cause the uranium to emit a beta particle and become a n ...

(4 pages) 31 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Atomic Bomb: Fission vs. Fusion

ard, Eugene Wingner, and Edward Teller, Einstein told Roosevelt about Nazi German efforts to purify Uranium-235 which might be used to build an atomic bomb. Shortly after that the United States Govern ... to develop the atomic bomb before the Germans did. "The first successful experiments in splitting a uranium atom had been carried out in the autumn of 1938 at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin" j ...

(7 pages) 65 1 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

A Nuclear Reactor.

depend on a particular type of Nuclear Reaction, Fission (The splitting of a heavy nucleus like the uranium atom to form two lighter "fission !fragments" as well as less massive particles as the Neutr ... he difference, roughly a factor of 100 million electron volts. The complete fission of one pound of uranium would release roughly the same amount of energy as the combination of 6000 barrels of oil or ...

(6 pages) 26 0 3.8 Jan/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Nuclear Reactor

depend on a particular type of Nuclear Reaction, Fission (The splitting of a heavy nucleus like the uranium atom to form two lighter "fission !fragments" as well as less massive particles as the Neutr ... he difference, roughly a factor of 100 million electron volts. The complete fission of one pound of uranium would release roughly the same amount of energy as!the combination of 6000 barrels of oil or ...

(6 pages) 41 0 5.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

How the Atom Bomb Was Developed         The events leading to

e up its biggest secret in 1938 when Hahn and Strassmann of Germany learned that they had split the uranium atom. Lise Meitner and O.R. Frisch identified the splitting as nuclear fission. Excitement w ... them presented facts about atomic energy to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. He created the Uranium Project to study atomic-bomb development. The President ordered increased effort late in 194 ...

(4 pages) 1417 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

How the Atom Bomb Was Developed         The events leading to

e up its biggest secret in 1938 when Hahn and Strassmann of Germany learned that they had split the uranium atom. Lise Meitner and O.R. Frisch identified the splitting as nuclear fission. Excitement w ... them presented facts about atomic energy to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. He created the Uranium Project to study atomic-bomb development. The President ordered increased effort late in 194 ...

(4 pages) 1228 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry