Assertion: decay's neutron | /r/HasProperty | lost
Facets:
value: simply
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Another neutron is simply lost and does not collide with anything, also not continuing the reaction.
text: When a reactor is starting up, the neutron population is increased slowly in a controlled manner, so that more neutrons are produced than are lost, and the nuclear reactor becomes supercritical.
text: Another neutron is simply lost and does not collide with anything, also not continuing the reaction.
text: When an atom emits an a particle, the atom's atomic mass will decrease by four units (because two protons and two neutrons are lost) and the atomic number (z) will decrease by two units.
text: When a reactor’s neutron population remains steady from one generation to the next (creating as many new neutrons as are lost), the fission chain reaction is self-sustaining and the reactor's condition is referred to as "critical".
text: The mass numbers of the original nucleus and the new nucleus are the same because a neutron has been lost, but a proton has been gained and so the sum of protons plus neutrons remains the same.