PRINCIPLES OF NUCLEAR FISSION

Series: Advanced Science Series

Duration: 21 min

Year Published: 1959

Creator: Educational Foundation for Visual Aids, Great Britain

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: Sound

Description: Considers the historic and modern conceptions of the structure of the atom and shows the relation of its basic particles—electrons, protons, and neutrons. Describes how bombarding neutrons of high speed strike Uranium-235 atoms and the production of chain reactions. Shows methods of controlling fission in a nuclear reactor, and relates this to the production of electricity

Complete Record: Series: Advanced science series Source: McGraw Interest level: sh-c Price: $125, rent apply Format: sd b&w

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)


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