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fissile, fissionable
At 18:52 24.01.1997 -0600, you wrote:
>I guess I'll put my 2 cents worth in; fissile means capable of supporting a
>self sustaining chain reaction by thermal neutrons; fissionable means
>capable of undergoing fission (which virtually every nuclide except maybe
>hydrogen-1 can), given the right conditions.
>
>Ron Kathren
>rkathren@tricity.wsu.edu
>
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Ron,
In spite of my limited knowledge of English I have a feeling, that your
definition is right, especially since everything can be "fissioned" with
atoms, ions etc, depending on the energy and the nucleus involved. But how
about nuclear fission bombs - there are no thermal neutrons!
Franz
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