Fermi's Demonstration (1 Viewer)

[abishagg]

Was Fermi's demonstration of a controlled chain reaction in 1942, the mouse trap demonstration or the actual nuclear reactor which he set up. Need Help. Help will be greatly rewarded.

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[coroneos]

clueless.. my last physics test -- 8/35

 

[Xayma]

clueless.. my last physics test -- 8/35

Then why in the hell did you respond.

Fermi's demonstration of a controlled chain reaction was Chicago Pile No. 1 ie, the reactor he set up at Chicago University.

 

[lucky]

mouse trap was just his analogy of the demo..

that a controlled/uncotrolled reaction depends on:
1.how dense the traps are placed together
2. how many traps are there..

 

[joshhopp]

Fermi wasn't the first to achieve fission, but he was the first to make a working controlled fission reaction in his "atomic pile" which used uranium oxide and uranium as a fuel, with graphite as a moderator. (he made it in a squash court)