What makes Uranium-235 ideal for nuclear fission? Why not use another element all together?

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What makes Uranium-235 ideal for nuclear fission? Why not use another element all together?

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Every nucleus type works differently. A few will fission if hit with neutrons. And when they do fission, even fewer will emit neutrons that can then fission other atoms (“chain reaction”).

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