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spallation

DEFINITIONS OF: spallation

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n (physics) a nuclear reaction in which a bombarded nucleus breaks up into many particles

“some astronomers believe that the solar system was formed by spallation when the sun was a very young star”
Type of:
nuclear reaction
(physics) a process that alters the energy or structure or composition of atomic nuclei
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