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nuclear_reaction

nuclear reaction

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Noun

nuclear reaction (plural nuclear reactions)

  1. a process such as the fission of an atomic nucleus, or the fusion of one or more atomic nuclei and / or subatomic particles in which the number of protons and / or neutrons in a nucleus changes; the reaction products may contain a different element or a different isotope of the same element

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