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Nuclear fission
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Nuclear fission is a reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei. The fission process often produces neutrons and gamma rays, and releases a very large amount of en
The cooling towers of the Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant in Germany
The cooling towers of the Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant in Germany
The mushroom cloud of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, on 9 August 1945 rose over 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) above the bomb's hypocenter, which
The mushroom cloud of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, on 9 August 1945 rose over 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) above the bomb's hypocenter, which killed an estimated 39,000 people.
Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner in 1912
Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner in 1912
The nuclear fission display at the Deutsches Museum in Munich. The table and instruments are originals, but would not have been together in the same r
The nuclear fission display at the Deutsches Museum in Munich. The table and instruments are originals, but would not have been together in the same room.
Otto Hahn
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Otto Hahn was a German chemist who was a pioneer in the field of radiochemistry. He is referred to as the father of nuclear chemistry and discoverer of nuclear fission, the science behind nuclear reac
Nuclear fission
…atom is about 100 million times the energy released by burning one carbon atom in air to produce CO2. Nuclear fission was discovered by chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann and physicists Lise Meitner and Otto Robert Frisch. Hahn and Strassmann proved that a fission reaction had taken place on 19…
Otto Hahn 1970
Otto Hahn 1970
William Ramsay, London 1905
William Ramsay, London 1905
Ernest Rutherford at McGill University, Montreal 1905
Ernest Rutherford at McGill University, Montreal 1905
Hahn and Meitner, 1913, in the chemical laboratory of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry. When a colleague she did not recognise said that the
Hahn and Meitner, 1913, in the chemical laboratory of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry. When a colleague she did not recognise said that they had met before, Meitner replied: "You probably mistake me for Professor Hahn."