What process is called a nuclear chain reaction? Give an example of such a reaction.
October 25, 2020 | Education
| A chain reaction is a sequence of single nuclear reactions, each of which is caused by a particle that appeared as a reaction product at the previous step of the sequence. An example of a nuclear chain reaction is a chain reaction of fission of nuclei of heavy elements, in which the majority of fission events are initiated by neutrons obtained during nuclear fission in the previous generation.
