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reaction chamber

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noun

  1. engineering the chamber in a rocket engine in which the reaction or combustion of fuel occurs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The method works by introducing chlorine molecules into a reaction chamber with methane gas.

From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2023

This kind of energy production would therefore happen in pulses, and fuel capsules would have to be constantly moved one after another into the reaction chamber to be ignited.

From Scientific American • Jun. 5, 2023

It would shoot 10 targets per second—sheathed in lead instead of gold to lower costs—into a reaction chamber and blast them to produce a string of quick-fire fusion explosions.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 14, 2023

This works by injecting water into a reaction chamber, where it achieves plasma state through a high-intensity electrical field.

From Forbes • Mar. 5, 2013

My ears burned hotter than a matter/antimatter reaction chamber.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

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