zemsten t1_j6e72tz wrote on January 29, 2023 at 6:49 PM

Reply to comment by Baneken in How to fix deep scratches in engineered wood floors? by _sugartits

>Yeah IPA or IsoPranolAlcohol

I think what you were looking for here was isopropanol, or isopropyl alcohol.

zemsten t1_j4t7qs2 wrote on January 18, 2023 at 2:14 AM

Reply to comment by SharkAttackOmNom in If nuclear fission in U-235 causes the atom to be split into 2 smaller atoms (such as Kr-92 and Ba-141) then how is it that U-236 is produced as waste since the U-235 was just split into smaller peices? by Ian98766

This is due to the temperature of the moderator (water) though, isn't it? At least mostly? This is important because a fast neutron has a higher probability of slowing down through water as a moderator when that water is more dense. More slowing down -> more thermal neutrons -> higher likelihood of a thermal fission. Fast fissions are negligible except for during source range reactor startups.