Nuclear Reactions Concept

Demonstrations in Nuclear Reactions

Two display cases showing wooden mousetraps with cork cylinders: top case shows orderly array of approximately 100 set traps, bottom case shows chaotic aftermath with triggered traps and scattered corks
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Mousetrap Chain Reaction

Models runaway nuclear fission using mousetraps as uranium atoms and corks as neutrons. Dropping a single cork into the array triggers an exponential chain reaction, illustrating critical mass and neutron …