OBJECTIVES
DOE-HDBK-1019/1-93
Atomic and Nuclear Physics
TERMINAL OBJECTIVE
4.0
Without references, DESCRIBE the fission process.
ENABLING OBJECTIVES
4.1
EXPLAIN the fission process using the liquid drop model of a nucleus.
4.2
DEFINE the following terms:
a.
Excitation energy
b.
Critical energy
4.3
DEFINE the following terms:
a.
Fissile material
b.
Fissionable material
c.
Fertile material
4.4
DESCRIBE the processes of transmutation, conversion, and breeding.
4.5
DESCRIBE the curve of Binding Energy per Nucleon versus mass number and give a
qualitative description of the reasons for its shape.
4.6
EXPLAIN why only the heaviest nuclei are easily fissioned.
4.7
EXPLAIN why uranium-235 fissions with thermal neutrons and uranium-238 fissions only
with fast neutrons.
4.8
CHARACTERIZE the fission products in terms of mass groupings and radioactivity.
4.9
Given the nuclides involved and their masses, CALCULATE the energy released from
fission.
4.10
Given the curve of Binding Energy per Nucleon versus mass number, CALCULATE the
energy released from fission.
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