Thread: Splitting Atoms - How does it stop?
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Old 11-05-2007, 11:52 AM
eurythmech eurythmech is offline
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Default Re: Splitting Atoms - How does it stop?
For the split atom's neutrons to continue splitting further atoms (causing an exponential growth in fission), the material has to be of "critical mass", should be a wikipedia entry for that as well.
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