The neutron flux is a scalar quantity used in nuclear physics and nuclear reactor physics. It is the total distance travelled by all free neutrons per...
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A neutron source is any device that emits neutrons, irrespective of the mechanism used to produce the neutrons. Neutron sources are used in physics, engineering...
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Neutron radiation is a form of ionizing radiation that presents as free neutrons. Typical phenomena are nuclear fission or nuclear fusion causing the release...
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by neutron capture. Neutron capture on protons yields a line at 2.223 MeV predicted and commonly observed in solar flares. At small neutron flux, as...
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reactors, that high neutron fluxes became possible, leading to the possibility of in-depth structure investigations. The first neutron-scattering instruments...
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sensitivities for most elements. The neutron flux from such a reactor is in the order of 1012 neutrons cm−2 s−1. The type of neutrons generated are of relatively...
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flux reactor-based sources of neutrons for condensed matter physics research in the United States, and it has one of the highest steady-state neutron...
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Iodine pit (category Neutron poisons)
depends on the neutron flux before the shutdown. Iodine pit behavior is not observed in reactors with neutron flux density below 5×1016 neutrons m−2s−1, as...
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as designed ... [O]ur first "neutron bombs" were the GAR-11 and MB-1 Genie. It has also been suggested that neutron flux's effects on the warhead electronics...
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fission) are proportional to the neutron flux, contrasting with fixed-source problems where the source is independent of the flux. In these calculations, the...
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