* Boardworks GCSE Additional Science: Physics Nuclear Energy * Boardworks GCSE Additional Science: Physics Nuclear Energy Teacher notes This ordering activity could be used as a plenary or revision exercise on the stages of a chain reaction. Mini-whiteboards could be used to make this a whole-...
A series of free GCSE/IGCSE Physics Notes and Lessons. Nuclear fission and nuclear fusion Describe what is meant by nuclear fission works and a chain reaction. Describe how nuclear fission may be controlled or uncontrolled. Describe what happens in nuclear fusion. Nuclear Energy What are the diff...
Energy from Fission Nuclear fission is the disintegration of a large nucleus(the parent)into two smaller(daughter) nuclei by the capture of a 'slow' (thermal) neutron. The equation describes the fission of uranium-235 by a slow neutron into barium and krypton nuclei, with the emission of ...