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  2. Thermal runaway - Wikipedia

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    Chemical reactions involving thermal runaway are also called thermal explosions in chemical engineering, or runaway reactions in organic chemistry.It is a process by which an exothermic reaction goes out of control: the reaction rate increases due to an increase in temperature, causing a further increase in temperature and hence a further rapid increase in the reaction rate.

  3. File:ThermalRunaway vector en.svg - Wikipedia

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  4. File:ThermalRunaway.png - Wikipedia

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  5. Carbon detonation - Wikipedia

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    Carbon detonation or carbon deflagration is the violent reignition of thermonuclear fusion in a white dwarf star that was previously slowly cooling. It involves a runaway thermonuclear process which spreads through the white dwarf in a matter of seconds, producing a type Ia supernova which releases an immense amount of energy as the star is blown apart.

  6. Molten-salt battery - Wikipedia

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    Traditional non-rechargeable thermal batteries can be stored in their solid state at room temperature for long periods of time before being activated by heating. Rechargeable liquid-metal batteries are used for industrial power backup, special electric vehicles [ citation needed ] and for grid energy storage , to balance out intermittent ...

  7. Junction temperature - Wikipedia

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    These include the diffusion rate of dopant elements, carrier mobilities and the thermal production of charge carriers. At the low end, sensor diode noise can be reduced by cryogenic cooling. On the high end, the resulting increase in local power dissipation can lead to thermal runaway that may cause transient or permanent device failure.

  8. Calorimeter - Wikipedia

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    An adiabatic calorimeter is a calorimeter used to examine a runaway reaction. Since the calorimeter runs in an adiabatic environment, any heat generated by the material sample under test causes the sample to increase in temperature, thus fueling the reaction.

  9. Pair-instability supernova - Wikipedia

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    Finally, the thermal runaway ignites detonation fusion of oxygen and heavier elements. When the temperature reaches the level when electrons and positrons carry the same energy fraction as gamma-rays, pair production cannot increase any further, it is balanced by annihilation.