BRAINCAKEHomolytic Fission
In homolytic fission a covalent bond breaks and each atom takes one of the two bonding electrons.
This forms two radicals. A radical is a species with an unpaired electron, shown by a dot, for example Cl•. Radicals are very reactive.
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