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Modeling Uncontrolled Nuclear Chain Reaction

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By FizziksGuy, 05/13/2013
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[color=rgb(51,51,51)][font=arial][size=3]Dr. Luke Donev set off 500 mousetraps armed with over 1,000 ping pong balls at the Sciencenter in Ithaca, NY. Museum visitors watched in awe as a single ball triggered the cascade, and then discovered the physics behind it. Model of an uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction.[/size][/font][/color]

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