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Timeline for Thermal neutrons and fission

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Jan 28, 2022 at 22:42 vote accept Salmon
May 24, 2020 at 17:51 comment added Salmon So it is true that with an energetic neutron toward a uranium nucleus I can split it in small parts, but this "reaction" maybe is useless in term of energy.
May 24, 2020 at 17:31 comment added Jon Custer Indeed. But note that isn’t the case for 238U.
May 24, 2020 at 16:21 comment added Davide Dal Bosco @JonCuster So it definitely decreases with the energy!
May 24, 2020 at 15:58 comment added Jon Custer The cross section for 235U fission vs energy is here: physics.stackexchange.com/questions/549774/…
May 24, 2020 at 15:24 history answered Davide Dal Bosco CC BY-SA 4.0