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Chapter 31, Problem 3MCQ

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Which of the following properties would decrease the critical mass needed to sustain a nuclear chain reaction?

(a) Low boiling point.

(b) High melting point.

(c) More neutrons released per fission.

(d) Low nuclear density.

(e) Filled valence shell.

(f) All of the above

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