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Explain Fermi's experiment in which he bombarded uranium with neutrons. Include a nuclear equation in your answer.

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Explain Fermi's experiment in which he bombarded uranium with neutrons. Include a nuclear equation in your answer.

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An Italian physicist named Enrico Fermi attempted to invent a fresh element by bombarding heavy uranium with neutrons. Fermi proposed that if a neutron was incorporated into a uranium atom, the nucleus would undergo beta decay, converting a neutron to a proton and producing a new element with the atomic number 93.

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