Neutron activation is the process in which neutron radiation induces radioactivity in materials, and occurs when atomic nuclei capture free neutrons, becoming...

Neutron activation analysis (NAA) is a nuclear process used for determining the concentrations of elements in many materials. NAA allows discrete sampling...

Gamma Ray and Neutron Observations". NASA Special Publication. 342: 285. Bibcode:1973NASSP.342..285C. Prompt Gamma-ray Neutron Activation Analysis. International...

neutron. In health physics, neutron radiation is a type of radiation hazard. Another, more severe hazard of neutron radiation, is neutron activation,...

The neutron is a subatomic particle, symbol n or n0 , that has no electric charge, and a mass slightly greater than that of a proton. The neutron was...

The neutron detection temperature, also called the neutron energy, indicates a free neutron's kinetic energy, usually given in electron volts. The term...

radiography Examples of neutron activation systems include: pulsed fast neutron analysis (PFNA), fast neutron analysis (FNA), and thermal neutron analysis (TNA)...

A neutron bomb, officially defined as a type of enhanced radiation weapon (ERW), is a low-yield thermonuclear weapon designed to maximize lethal neutron...

Neutron detection is the effective detection of neutrons entering a well-positioned detector. There are two key aspects to effective neutron detection:...

normally just helium-4, but generate high neutron fluxes, so activation products are a particular concern. Activation product radionuclides include: [1] Branching...

Prompt-gamma neutron activation analysis (PGAA) is a very widely applicable technique for determining the presence and amount of many elements simultaneously...

composition of the metal fragments recovered from Connally (see section on neutron activation analysis). This "single bullet," which was full metal jacketed and...

in nuclear reactors. Deliberate industrial production depends on neutron activation of bulk samples of the monoisotopic and mononuclidic cobalt isotope...

Subroutine, the calling of a subroutine Neutron activation, induction of radioactivity by neutron radiation Activate Activator This disambiguation page lists articles...

pioneered high-precision methods of neutron activation analysis at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in the US. Neutron activation analysis helps to determine...

comparatively low speed thermal neutrons cause neutron activation (in fact, they cause it more efficiently). Neutrons do not ionize atoms in the same...

Phosphorus-32 can be made by the neutron irradiation (np reaction) of sulfur-32 or from phosphorus-31 by neutron capture. Nickel-63 is a radioisotope...

progressively more radioactive (and less thermally useful) due to neutron activation as they are fissioned, or "burnt", in the reactor. A fresh rod of...

Molybdenum-99, which decays to form technetium-99m, can be formed by the neutron activation of molybdenum-98. When needed, other technetium isotopes are not produced...

electronic structure of atoms. Neutron activation analysis involves the activation of a sample matrix through the process of neutron capture. The resulting radioactive...

Neutron generators are neutron source devices which contain compact linear particle accelerators and that produce neutrons by fusing isotopes of hydrogen...

composition of the sample. The earliest developed forms of Neutron Activation Analysis use low-energy neutrons to determine the ratios of nitrogen, chlorine, and...

reaction called neutron capture and attributes to the neutron activation of the nucleus. Neutron interactions with most types of matter in this manner...

natural uranium neutron reflector. Flattop assemblies are used to measure neutron activation and reactivity coefficients. Since the neutron energies gradually...

low-enriched uranium in at least three reactors. Production of 99Mo by neutron activation of natural molybdenum, or molybdenum enriched in 98Mo, is another...

The supply of neutrons results in neutron activation of the reactor materials.:242 80% of the resultant energy is carried off by neutrons, which limits...

biology using neutron beams and its sophisticated suite of experimental equipment Analysis of minerals and samples using the neutron activation technique...

greatly reduce problems associated with neutron radiation such as damaging ionizing radiation, neutron activation, reactor maintenance, and requirements...

A modulated neutron initiator is a neutron source capable of producing a burst of neutrons on activation. It is a crucial part of some nuclear weapons...

mainly for neutron activation analysis (NAA), in research and as a commercial service, but also for teaching, training, irradiation studies, neutron radiography...