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PhET Simulation: Nuclear Fission
published by the Physics Education Technology Project
Available Languages: English, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese
This webpage contains a simulation that provides qualitative pictures of alpha radiation, fission of a Uranium 235 nucleus, and controlled and uncontrolled nuclear chain reactions. Evolution of the processes over time is shown. Variables such as the number of nuclei and the containment of reactions can be altered to demonstrate the statistical nature of the reactions.

This simulation is part of a large and growing collection. It has been designed using principles from physics education research and refined based on student interviews.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.4.2_17 of Java Applet Plug-in.
http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Nuclear_Fission
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Modern Physics
- Nuclear Physics
= Nuclear Reactions
= Radioactivity
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Informal Education
- Upper Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Curriculum support
= Interactive Simulation
- Audio/Visual
= Movie/Animation
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- Educators
- application/java
- text/html
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Additional Information
Physics To Go This resource was a Physics To Go feature from November 1, 2009 until November 16, 2009. View the feature here!


Mirror: http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/nuclear-physics…
Access Rights: Free access
License: This material is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0. http://phet.colorado.edu/about/licensing.php
Rights Holder: PhET and University of Colorado
Keywords: Alpha Radiation, Atom, Chain Reaction, Fission, Neutron, Nuclear Reactor, Proton, Uranium, nuclear power
Record Cloner: Cloned from ComPADRE Item 4210 September 2, 2006 by Gifford Weber
Record Updated: Apr 25, 2009 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update
when Cataloged:		 October 1, 2008
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AIP Format
PhET Simulation: Nuclear Fission (Physics Education Technology Project, Boulder, 2005), WWW Document, (http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Nuclear_Fission).
APA Format
PhET Simulation: Nuclear Fission. (2008, October 1). Retrieved November 21, 2009, from Physics Education Technology Project: http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Nuclear_Fission
Chicago Format
Physics Education Technology Project. PhET Simulation: Nuclear Fission. Boulder: Physics Education Technology Project, October 1, 2008. http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Nuclear_Fission (accessed 21 November 2009).
MLA Format
PhET Simulation: Nuclear Fission. Boulder: Physics Education Technology Project, 2005. 1 Oct. 2008. 21 Nov. 2009 <http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Nuclear_Fission>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{ Title = {PhET Simulation: Nuclear Fission}, Publisher = {Physics Education Technology Project}, Volume = {2009}, Number = {21 November 2009}, Month = {October 1, 2008}, Year = {2005} }
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