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  • ...oton rockets are proposed to be powered by onboard generators, as in the [[nuclear photonic rocket]]. The standard textbook case of such a rocket is the ideal ...d the spaceship will reach a speed of 1/1000 of the speed of light. If the fusion products are released into space, the speed will be higher, but the above e ...
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  • ...quate fuel. Constant acceleration is only feasible with the development of fuels with a much higher [[specific impulse]] than presently available. ...lities for the motor ship approach are nuclear and matter–antimatter based fuels. ...
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  • ...the products of the oxidation reaction into valuable fuels. These gaseous fuels can be pressurized and stored for a later use. For this reason, rSOCs are r ...ized by gas mixtures that are fully oxidized, hence they cannot be used as fuels in the rSOC; ...
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  • ...icium-241 dioxide]] ({{sup|241}}AmO{{sub|2}}). This isotope also has one [[nuclear isomer|meta state]], {{sup|241m}}Am, with an excitation energy of {{convert Americium-241 has been produced in small quantities in [[nuclear reactor]]s for decades, and many kilograms of {{sup|241}}Am have been accum ...
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  • ...th the term ''heavy element''. For example, in discussing the history of [[nuclear chemistry]], Magee<ref>{{harvnb|Magee|1969|p=14}}</ref> notes that the acti ...elements from hydrogen to [[silicon]] undergo successive [[nuclear fusion|fusion]] reactions inside stars, releasing light and heat and forming heavier elem ...
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  • ...pages=1980 |doi=10.3390/met11121980|doi-access=free }}</ref> jet aircraft, nuclear weapons, long range [[hypersonic]] [[Hsiung Feng III|missiles]], and so on. ...died a system that can now be classified as a high-entropy alloy: within [[nuclear fuel]]s Mo-Pd-Rh-Ru-Tc particles form at grain boundaries and at fission ga ...
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  • ...and powder.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pake|first=G. E.|date=1948-04-01|title=Nuclear Resonance Absorption in Hydrated Crystals: Fine Structure of the Proton Lin ...ced the understanding of [[radioactivity]]. {{sup|3}}H is a byproduct in [[Nuclear reactor|reactors]], a result of hitting [[lithium-6]] with [[neutron]]s, pr ...
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  • ...se of two [[rocket fuel]]s, [[liquid hydrogen]] and more dense hydrocarbon fuels, like RP, which are all burned with [[liquid oxygen]].<ref name="Napolitano ...ther pattern]]s, understanding [[nebula]]e in [[interstellar space]] and [[Nuclear weapon design|modelling fission weapon detonation]]. ...
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  • ...n|Production of electric power (or propulsion power) by nuclear fission or fusion.}} ...rm|[[renewable energy policy]]}}{{defn|Government plans to displace fossil fuels with renewable sources.}} ...
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  • ...al or domestic purposes to [[waste management|manage waste]] or to produce fuels. Much of the [[fermentation (biochemistry)|fermentation]] used industrially |work=Nuclear Wall Chart ...
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