branching chain reaction

chemistry
Also known as: chemical explosion

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  • In chain reaction

    So-called branching chain reactions are a form of chain reaction in which the number of chain carriers increases in each propagation. As a result the reaction accelerates very rapidly, sometimes being completed in less than 1/1,000th of a second. This condition sometimes is referred to as…

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