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Whose equation predicted that some heavy elements could split and release enormous energy?
Quick Answer
Lise Meitner’s interpretation of nuclear fission did. In 1938 she explained the splitting of uranium nuclei with Otto Frisch.
The Full Story
Lise Meitner, working with Otto Frisch, interpreted the 1938 experiments on uranium as nuclear fission. They explained that when a heavy nucleus splits, the small loss of mass becomes energy according to Einstein’s mass-energy relation. This insight showed why fission could release vast amounts of energy and lead to chain reactions. Meitner’s role is central to the history of nuclear chemistry and physics.
Key Facts
1.1938: fission was explained
2.Uranium nuclei can split into smaller nuclei
3.Mass converted to energy explains the large release
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