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nuclear fission

nuclear reaction splitting the nucleus of an atom into multiple parts
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Summary

nuclear fission is a nuclear reaction[1]. It draws 11,525 Wikipedia views per month (nuclear reaction category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Named after: fission[3]
  • Subclass of: separation[4], nuclear reaction[5]
  • Commons category: Nuclear fission[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Nuclear fission[7]
  • Facet of: nuclear physics[8]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[9]
  • Has effect: radioactivity[10], heat[11]
  • Different from: disproportionation reaction[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[13], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]

Why It Matters

nuclear fission has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Fritz Strassmann

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Putnik · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → branduolio-dalijimasis
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: branduolio-dalijimasis"
  2. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → nuclear reaction splitting the nucleus of an atom into multiple parts
    Harper's tag → nuclear-fission
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: nuclear-fission, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289956121|nuclear fission (#289956121)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  3. 17w ago · Taylor 49 · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Kernspaltung -- induced nuclear fission.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Kernspaltung -- induced nuclear fission.svg"
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