History of Fission

	Revision 3 . . (edit) August 6, 2001 6:07 am by THERESA KNOTT
	Revision 2 . . August 5, 2001 8:49 am by (logged).186.19.xxx [*Changed wiki-redundant "back to physics" link to an intro phrase. Added biological stub.]
	Revision 1 . . August 5, 2001 2:16 am by THERESA KNOTT

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Back to Physics

To split up.

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Fission is a process where a large nucleus such as 235U is caused to split into two smaller nuclei. The process is initiated by the capture of a slow (often called thermal) neutron.

In physics, fission is a process where a large nucleus such as 235U is caused to split into two smaller nuclei. The process is initiated by the capture of a slow (often called thermal) neutron.

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In biology, fission refers to the process whereby a cell divides. There are two types of cellular fission: mitosis and meiosis. Perhaps these entries should be refactored into nuclear fission and cellular fission? Similarly with fusion, since cells can fuse to form hybridomas, or a virus and a cell undergo membrane fusion, etc. If you do that, links to this page will probably not work since people rarely use the longer phrase. Personally I like the page as it is.