subcritical mass

English

Noun

subcritical mass (plural subcritical masses)

(physics) A mass of fissile material that is insufficient to sustain a nuclear chain reaction.

Antonyms

supercritical mass

Translations

insufficient mass to sustain chain reaction

Finnish: alikriittinen massa

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