Key term for Edexcel GCSE Physics, used in Nuclear Fission.
Relatively slow-moving neutrons that have reached thermal equilibrium with the moderator, making them easily absorbed by Uranium-235.
Thermal neutrons appears in Edexcel GCSE Physics revision content for Radioactivity, especially Nuclear Fission and Control in Reactors.
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