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Manifest functions are the consequences that people see, observe or even expect. It is explicitly stated and understood by the participants in the relevant action. The manifest function of a rain dance, according to Merton in his 1957 Social Theory and Social Structure, is to produce rain, and this outcome is intended and desired by people participating in the ritual.
The study of proton emission has aided the understanding of nuclear deformation, masses and structure, and it is an example of quantum tunneling. Two examples of nuclides that emit neutrons are beryllium-13 (mean life 2.7 × 10 −21 s) and helium-5 (7 × 10 −22 s). Since only a neutron is lost in this process, the atom does not gain or lose ...
A less moderated neutron energy spectrum does worsen the capture/fission ratio for 235 U and especially 239 Pu, meaning that more fissile nuclei fail to fission on neutron absorption and instead capture the neutron to become a heavier nonfissile isotope, wasting one or more neutrons and increasing accumulation of heavy transuranic actinides ...
Concentration/Density: Neutron reactions leading to scattering, capture or fission reactions are more likely to occur in dense materials; conversely, neutrons are more likely to escape (leak) from low density materials. Moderation: Neutrons resulting from fission are typically fast (high energy). These fast neutrons do not cause fission as ...
Its (fission) nuclear cross section for slow thermal neutron is about 504.81 barns. For fast neutrons it is on the order of 1 barn. At thermal energy levels, about 5 of 6 neutron absorptions result in fission and 1 of 6 result in neutron capture forming uranium-236. [31] The fission-to-capture ratio improves for faster neutrons.
The chance of fissioning on absorption of a thermal neutron is about 92%; the capture-to-fission ratio of 233 U, therefore, is about 1:12 – which is better than the corresponding capture vs. fission ratios of 235 U (about 1:6), or 239 Pu or 241 Pu (both about 1:3).
To be a useful fuel for nuclear fission chain reactions, the material must: Be in the region of the binding energy curve where a fission chain reaction is possible (i.e., above radium) Have a high probability of fission on neutron capture; Release more than one neutron on average per neutron capture.
The 233 U capture-to-fission ratio in a typical MSR neutron spectrum is an example of basic data that was improved. The effect of fissioning on the redox potential of the fuel salt was resolved. The deposition of some elements (" noble metals ") was expected, but the MSRE provided quantitative data on relative deposition on graphite, metal, and ...