This creates what is known as a critical mass of nuclear material, which releases its energy instantaneously as atoms inside it split in an uncontrolled chain reaction.

这会造成核原料所谓的临界质量，当其中的原子在无法控制的连锁反应中***时，能在瞬间开释出能量。

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Uncontrolled inflammation in systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) was actually a mediator disease, mainly caused by chain reaction of cytokine.

全身炎症反应综合征(SIRS)中的失控性炎症，实际上是一种介质病，主要由细胞因子链锁反应所致。

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The uncontrolled chain reaction ran on for nearly 20 hours before it was finally stopped.

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In Japan in 1999, an uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction at a uranium-reprocessing plant killed two employees and spewed radioactive neutrons over the countryside.

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