The moderator of a nuclear reactor is a substance that slows neutrons down. In traditional nuclear reactors, the moderator is the same thing as the coolant: it’s water! When fast neutrons strike the hydrogen atoms in H2O, they slow down a lot (like a billiard ball striking another). There are other good moderators like graphite, beryllium, and more.
<h3>What is
moderator ?</h3>
Other neutrons are released at extremely high speeds when an incoming neutron splits an atom's nucleus. A sustained chain reaction is achievable if at least one (on average) of these neutrons can be made to split another fuel atom. In fact, if a neutron is traveling slowly, fuel atoms (like uranium) are more likely to absorb it (see Figure 1). In order to make a chain reaction easier to achieve, moderators are used in many reactor designs.
Neutrons can be slowed down more effectively in some materials than others. Because of the rules of conservation of energy and momentum, a neutron (mass 1) colliding with a heavy nucleus like a fuel atom cannot significantly slow down (mass 235).
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Answer: CH2O
Explanation:
this formula is glucose, as you said the molecular formula is C6H12O6 because an actual molecule of glucose contains that many atoms of each element
an empirical formula is the simplest whole-number ratio of a formula (ex: 1-2-1)
Answer: because it's nice
Explanation:
it is not table salt
Explanation:
Table salt dissolves in water.
Mass of Magnesium nitrate produced : 593.2 g
<h3>Further explanation</h3>
The reaction equation is the chemical formula of reagents and product substances
A reaction coefficient is a number in the chemical formula of a substance involved in the reaction equation. The reaction coefficient is useful for equalizing reagents and products.
Reaction
2HNO₃ + Mg(OH)₂ → Mg(NO₃)₂ + 2H₂0
mol HNO₃ = 8
From the equation, mol ratio of HNO₃ : Mg(NO₃)₂ = 2 : 1, so mol Mg(NO₃)₂ :
Mass Mg(NO₃)₂(MW=148,3 g/mol) :
