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FACTEUR FISSION RAPIDE [2 records]

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Record 1 2009-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Physics
DEF

The ratio of the number of neutrons produced by nuclear fissions due to neutrons of all energies in an infinite medium, to the number of neutrons produced by nuclear fissions due to thermal neutrons only.

Key term(s)
  • fast fission factor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique nucléaire
DEF

[...] nombre total de neutrons qui vont aborder [...] le ralentissement - pour un neutron provenant d'une fission «thermique» (induite par neutron thermique).

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
DEF

The ratio of the mean number of neutrons in an infinite medium produced by fissions due to neutrons of all energies to the mean number of neutrons produced by thermal fissions only.

OBS

fast fission factor: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
DEF

Dans un milieu infini, rapport du nombre moyen des neutrons produits par les fissions dues aux neutrons de toutes les énergies au nombre moyen des neutrons produits par les fissions thermiques seulement.

OBS

facteur de fission rapide : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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