diff --git a/300s School/NUCE 2100 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering/2024-09-17 Module 5 Nuclear Fission Basics.md b/300s School/NUCE 2100 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering/2024-09-17 Module 5 Nuclear Fission Basics.md index b27154a8..9e7c2215 100644 --- a/300s School/NUCE 2100 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering/2024-09-17 Module 5 Nuclear Fission Basics.md +++ b/300s School/NUCE 2100 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering/2024-09-17 Module 5 Nuclear Fission Basics.md @@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ Measures how many neutrons produced by each neutron born. There are more formulas in the slides. K can be based on material properties ## Energy Dependence Fission is most efficiently caused by thermal neutrons (energy < 1eV), but neutrons from fission are born at something like \>2MeV. 7 orders of magnitude reduction -- usually kinetic losses by neutrons colliding with things. +Different neutron moderators require a different number of collisions to bring the energy down to thermal. The closer the mass is to that of a neutron, the better. Hydrogen is best, then beryllium, then carbon (graphite). \ No newline at end of file