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Engineering and GATE · Mechanical Engineering · question 110

Q110

The process by which a heavy nucleus is spitted into two light nuclei is known as

A.
Splitting
B.
Fission
Answer
C.
Fusion
D.
Disintegration

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Nuclear fission is a process in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei as fission products, and usually some by-product particles.
fission is a form of elemental transmutation