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chain reaction N

Usage examples with chain reaction

chain reaction
цепна́я реа́кция
to set off a chain reaction
вы́звать цепну́ю реа́кцию

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The actual fuel may be any actinide that can support a chain reaction, including uranium, plutonium, and more exotic transuranic fuels.
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They require additional slowly-evolving neutrons from fission product decay to continue the chain reaction.
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Therefore, if reactivity increases beyond normal, the reduced moderation of neutrons will cause the chain reaction to slow down, producing less heat.
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An initial blast may have caused a chain reaction triggering the firedamp and coal dust explosion that devastated the rest of the pit.
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Organic materials undergo auto-oxidizations due to free radical chain reaction.
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Unlike the predominant isotope uranium-238, it is fissile, i.e., it can sustain a fission chain reaction.
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Because uranium-235 releases more neutrons than it absorbs, it can support a chain reaction and so is described as fissile.
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The annealing temperature during a polymerase chain reaction determines the specificity of primer annealing.
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With enough uranium, and with pure-enough graphite, their pile could theoretically sustain a slow-neutron chain reaction.
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Because of the high level of radioactivity, the waste was heating itself through decay heat (though a chain reaction was not possible).
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