Thermalisation
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In physics, thermalization (in Commonwealth English thermalisation) is the process of physical bodies reaching thermal equilibrium through mutual interaction. In general the natural tendency of a system is towards a state of equipartition of energy or uniform temperature, maximising the system's entropy.
Examples of thermalisation include:
- the achievement of equilibrium in a plasma.[1]
- the process undergone by high-energy neutrons as they lose energy by collision with a moderator.[2]
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- ^ "Collisions and Thermalization". sdphca.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
- ^ "NRC: Glossary -- Thermalization". www.nrc.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
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