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spallation

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spallation has definition The process in which an incoming beam of particles or energy collides with a substance, reacts with it, and knocks off pieces of it. has source: Lightman, A., Brawer, R. 1990 The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists, Harvard University Press, 2001-09-27 09:29:39.0
is a kind of ablation

ablation has final phase gas
has initial phase solid
has inverse process condensation

physical process has domain physics 2001-09-27 09:29:38.0

spallation	has definition The process in which an incoming beam of particles or energy collides with a substance, reacts with it, and knocks off pieces of it.
spallation	is a kind of ablation
ablation	has final phase gas
	has initial phase solid
	has inverse process condensation
physical process	has domain physics