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Sufficient is a type of nuclear reaction where we take a radioactive nucleus, bombard it with a neutron, and produce smaller nuclei and more neutrons as a result.
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So in the example equation that i have written here, we're taking a uranium atom, bombarding it with a neutron, and producing barium, krypton, most importantly, three neutrons out of this.
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So the scientists that are noted as finding this fact are lees meitner, friend strassman, and otto hahn.
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And they discovered this based on an idea from a man named enrico fermi, who was trying to create larger atoms by bombarding them with smaller particles.
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And what lees -mightner, fritz -straussman, and otto hahn found was that what actually is happening when that occurs is instead of producing a larger atom, we actually get the splitting of the atom into smaller atoms.
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So this process can be used for a few different applications.
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The first, probably the most notable, is the atomic bomb that requires something called critical mass...