Key term for Edexcel GCSE Physics, used in Nuclear Fission.
A relatively slow neutron that has the correct kinetic energy to be captured by a Uranium-235 nucleus.
slow-moving (thermal) neutron appears in Edexcel GCSE Physics revision content for Radioactivity, especially Nuclear Fission and Fission of U-235.
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