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Title: Which of the following statements best describes a critical mass?
Post by: einsteindude on Nov 29, 2014
Which of the following statements best describes a critical mass?
A) A critical mass is the minimum amount of material that will undergo nuclear detonation.
B) A critical mass is the minimum amount of material that will spontaneously undergo a chain reaction.
C) A critical mass cannot be assembled from smaller, noncritical pieces of material.
D) A critical mass will detonate when it is separated into subcritical pieces.
E) none of the above


Title: Re: Which of the following statements best describes a critical mass?
Post by: bSharp on Dec 4, 2014
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Title: Re: Which of the following statements best describes a critical mass?
Post by: bSharp on Dec 4, 2014
Super! Don't forget to mark my post as best answer ;D