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chain reaction (dict)

Chain Reaction

• The neutron-fission chain reaction: a neutron plus a fissionable atom causes a fission resulting in a larger number of neutrons than was consumed in the initial reaction.
• Chemical reactions, where a product of a reaction is itself a reactive particle which can cause more similar reactions. For example, every step of H₂ + Cl₂ chain reaction consumes one molecule of H₂ or Cl₂, one free radical H or Cl producing one HCl molecule and another free radical.

See also

• Nuclear chain reaction
• Polymerase chain reaction

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