Defenition of the word spallation

• Defenition of the word spallation

  • A process in which fragments of material (spall) are ejected from a body due to impact or stress.
  • (physics) a nuclear reaction in which a bombarded nucleus breaks up into many particles; "some astronomers believe that the solar system was formed by spallation when the sun was a very young star"
  • (physics) a nuclear reaction in which a bombarded nucleus breaks up into many particles

Hypernyms for the word spallation

• • nuclear reaction

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