"material" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The energy-generating fission zone steadily advances through the core, effectively consuming fertile material in front of it and leaving spent fuel behind.
- Th-232 is a fertile material that can undergo a neutron capture reaction and two beta minus decays, resulting in the production of fissile U-233.
- Breeding designs surround the core by a breeding blanket of fertile material.
- It was envisioned that as uranium reserves were depleted, thorium would supplement uranium as a fertile material.
- These fissile and fertile materials can be chemically separated and recovered from the spent fuel.
- Hence, like uranium-238, thorium-232 is a fertile material.
- I question if he doesn't worry that he has lost touch with the streets, and therefore his most fertile material.
- Burrowing animals mix the new fertile materials with the soil to form a rich rooting compound.
- Such reactors would constantly replenish the available supply of nuclear fuel by converting fertile materials, such as uranium-238 and thorium, into plutonium or uranium-233, respectively.
- Naturally-occurring fertile materials that can be converted into a fissile material by irradiation in a reactor include:
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