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neutron moderators

neutron moderators is the plural of neutron moderator.

Meaning of neutron moderator

Noun

neutron moderator (plural neutron moderators)

  1. (nuclear energy) A medium that reduces the speed of fast neutrons, ideally without capturing any, leaving them as thermal neutrons with only minimal (thermal) kinetic energy.

Questions about neutron moderators

What is neutron moderators the plural of?
Neutron moderators is the plural of neutron moderator.

Words near neutron moderators in the dictionary

  1. neutron halos
  2. neutron interferometer
  3. neutron interferometers
  4. neutron matter
  5. neutron moderator
  6. neutron moderators
  7. neutron number
  8. neutron numbers
  9. neutron optics
  10. neutron poison
  11. neutron poisons

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