Both Uses
flux
in
The Hunt for Red October
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- At most the rods could absorb just less than one percent of the neutron flux, but this was enough either to permit the reaction or to prevent it.†
Chpt 8. *
- With no reactor coolant to absorb the heat of the uranium rods, the nuclear reaction actually stopped—there was no water to attenuate the neutron flux.†
Chpt 8.
Definitions:
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(flux) constant change
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Flux can also reference a substance that aids joining metal. It has other specialized meanings in physics, medicine, ceramics, philosophy, and oceanography.