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Descriptor English: Nuclear Fission
Descriptor Spanish: Fisión Nuclear
Descriptor fisión nuclear
Entry term(s) reacción nuclear
Scope note: Reacción nuclear en la que un neutrón, partícula cargada o fotón dividen el núcleo de un átomo pesado, como el uranio o plutonio, en dos partes aproximadamente iguales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fissão Nuclear
Descriptor French: Fission nucléaire
Entry term(s): Fission, Nuclear
Fissions, Nuclear
Nuclear Fissions
Nuclear Reaction
Tree number(s): G01.536.485
N06.230.132.580.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009680
Scope note: Nuclear reaction in which the nucleus of a heavy atom such as uranium or plutonium is split into two approximately equal parts by a neutron, charged particle, or photon.
Annotation: do not confuse with NUCLEAR FUSION
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Previous Indexing: Nuclear Energy (1966-1970)
Public MeSH Note: 74
History Note: 74(71); was in Cat H only 1971-81
DeCS ID: 9868
Unique ID: D009680
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Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/17
Nuclear Fission - Preferred
Concept UI M0015031
Scope note Nuclear reaction in which the nucleus of a heavy atom such as uranium or plutonium is split into two approximately equal parts by a neutron, charged particle, or photon.
Preferred term Nuclear Fission
Entry term(s) Fission, Nuclear
Fissions, Nuclear
Nuclear Fissions
Nuclear Reaction - Broader
Concept UI FD00061085
Preferred term Nuclear Reaction



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