2. Adjective. (physics) (''of fast neutrons in a nuclear reactor'') brought to a lower velocity and kinetic energy by use of a moderator ¹
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Definition of Thermalized
1. thermalize [v] - See also: thermalize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thermalized
Literary usage of Thermalized
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Samples at 1 atm and 25° contained the reagent mixed with small quantities of
ethylene and iodine to scavenge thermalized ..."
2. Technology Against Terrorism: The Federal Effort (1991)
"It measures the presence of nitrogen by means of the interaction of thermalized
neutrons (from a radioactive californium source) with the nitrogen nuclei. ..."
3. First Workshop on Grand Unification: New England Center, University of New by Paul H. Frampton, Sheldon L. Glashow, Asim Yildiz (1980)
"... are thermalized in the reactor with an average velocity 2000 rn/sac, so that
we will observe them for 1/200 sac leading to a value of Nt2 ..."
4. Small Business Innovation Research: Program Solicitation (1993)
"Methods are sought for determining the energy spectra, spatial distribution, and
time evolution of thermalized plasma particles, including impurities for ..."
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