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Match the key terms with the descriptions provided. (a)  the smallest amount of fission...

Match the key terms with the descriptions provided.

(a)  the smallest amount of fissionable material necessary to support a continuing chain reaction

(b)  the splitting of a heavy atom into two or more lighter atoms and some number of neutrons with the release of energy

(c)  a nuclide containing two protons and two neutrons; the nucleus of a helium-4 atom

(d)  having the ability to emit ionizing radiation spontaneously

(e)  the highest-energy and most-penetrating type of electromagnetic radiation

(f)  a nuclear reaction that is induced by the impact of a nuclide or a subatomic particle on another nuclide

(g)  a nuclear particle (neutron or proton)

(h)  emission of particles or electromagnetic waves

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