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Estimate the critical mass of a sphere of 9 2 U 2 3 8 . assuming that the fission and radiative capture cross section are

Estimate the critical mass of a sphere of 92U238.assuming that the fission and radiative capture cross section are equal. the absorption cross-section for fission neutrons is 5 barns .the density of the uranium is 18*10^3 kg /m^3 

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