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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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As this pellet was heated up by the laser, the metals were released from it into a surrounding H-radical-rich atmosphere, obtained by injecting hydrogen into the reaction chamber through a heated tungsten filament.

From Science Daily May 16, 2024

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

Yet, by firing an electron beam into the reaction chamber, they were able to convert about 30% of the air into oxygen.

From Science Magazine Aug. 15, 2022

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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