reaction mass

English

Noun

reaction mass (plural reaction masses)

  1. fuel for nuclear energy
    • 1984, Chemical Engineering:
      A small rise in the temperature of the reaction mass increases the reaction rate, which further increases the temperature of the mass.
    • 1981, Willard F. Libby, Talking to People, →ISBN:
      Our proposal involves the use of liquid core fission reactors to heat reaction mass, probably hydrogen, to stellar temperatures; ...
    • 1966, Robert Anson Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Putnam Publishing Group:
      But hydrogen is expensive in Luna and any mass could be reaction mass; it just would not be as efficient.

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