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Caesium-137 and Uranium-235

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Difference between Caesium-137 and Uranium-235

Caesium-137 vs. Uranium-235

Caesium-137 (Cs-137), cesium-137, or radiocaesium, is a radioactive isotope of caesium which is formed as one of the more common fission products by the nuclear fission of uranium-235 and other fissionable isotopes in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. Uranium-235 (235U) is an isotope of uranium making up about 0.72% of natural uranium.

Similarities between Caesium-137 and Uranium-235

Caesium-137 and Uranium-235 have 8 things in common (in Unionpedia): Fissile material, Half-life, Nuclear fission, Nuclear fission product, Nuclear reactor, Nuclear weapon, Radioactive decay, Uranium.

Fissile material

In nuclear engineering, fissile material is material capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction.

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Half-life

Half-life (symbol t1⁄2) is the time required for a quantity to reduce to half its initial value.

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Nuclear fission

In nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry, nuclear fission is either a nuclear reaction or a radioactive decay process in which the nucleus of an atom splits into smaller parts (lighter nuclei).

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Nuclear fission product

Nuclear fission products are the atomic fragments left after a large atomic nucleus undergoes nuclear fission.

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Nuclear reactor

A nuclear reactor, formerly known as an atomic pile, is a device used to initiate and control a self-sustained nuclear chain reaction.

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Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb).

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Radioactive decay

Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay or radioactivity) is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy (in terms of mass in its rest frame) by emitting radiation, such as an alpha particle, beta particle with neutrino or only a neutrino in the case of electron capture, gamma ray, or electron in the case of internal conversion.

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Uranium

Uranium is a chemical element with symbol U and atomic number 92.

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Caesium-137 and Uranium-235 Comparison

Caesium-137 has 81 relations, while Uranium-235 has 51. As they have in common 8, the Jaccard index is 6.06% = 8 / (81 + 51).

References

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