Key term for Edexcel GCSE Physics, used in Nuclear Fission.
The minimum amount of fissile material required to maintain a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
Critical mass appears in Edexcel GCSE Physics revision content for Radioactivity, especially Nuclear Fission and Chain Reaction Principle.
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