thermalized

Speech parts

1. thermalized - Adjective

2. thermalized - Verb

Meaning

thermalized

simple past and past participle of thermalize

thermalized (comparative more thermalized, superlative most thermalized)

(physics, of fast neutrons in a nuclear reactor) Brought to a lower velocity and kinetic energy by use of a moderator.

Examples

Graphite and heavy-water reactors tend to be more thoroughly thermalized than light water reactors. Source: Internet

These contain neutron moderator materials that slow neutrons until their neutron temperature is thermalized, that is, until their kinetic energy approaches the average kinetic energy of the surrounding particles. Source: Internet

They were then thermalized and oxidized in a mixture of helium and oxygen gas to form the tetroxide. Source: Internet

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