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When uranium-235 is used as a nuclear fuel, the fission cross-sectional area of uranium is said to be larger as the energy of the colliding neutron decreases.
Then why does the lower the energy, the bigger it gets?
Nuclear chain reaction and slow-speed neutrons
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Nuclear chain reaction and slow-speed neutrons
I want to know why the nuclear chain reaction happens well in slow-speed neutrons.
When uranium-235 is used as a nuclear fuel, the fission cross-sectional area of uranium is said to be larger as the energy of the colliding neutron decreases.
Then why does the lower the energy, the bigger it gets?
When uranium-235 is used as a nuclear fuel, the fission cross-sectional area of uranium is said to be larger as the energy of the colliding neutron decreases.
Then why does the lower the energy, the bigger it gets?