• Thumbnail for Neutron
    The neutron is a subatomic particle, symbol n or n0 , which has a neutral (not positive or negative) charge, and a mass slightly greater than that of...
    110 KB (12,600 words) - 19:22, 2 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Neutron star
    A neutron star is the collapsed core of a massive supergiant star. The stars that later collapse into neutron stars have a total mass of between 10 and...
    101 KB (11,799 words) - 02:44, 25 April 2024
  • James Isaac Neutron is the titular and main character from the film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and its spin-off Nickelodeon animated television series...
    8 KB (752 words) - 13:00, 1 May 2024
  • A neutron bomb, officially defined as a type of enhanced radiation weapon (ERW), is a low-yield thermonuclear weapon designed to maximize lethal neutron...
    63 KB (6,668 words) - 19:16, 14 April 2024
  • In nuclear physics, neutron decay may refer to: Neutron emission by an atomic nucleus Free neutron decay Beta decay of a neutron inside an atomic nucleus...
    417 bytes (98 words) - 04:30, 6 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Neutron capture
    Neutron capture is a nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus and one or more neutrons collide and merge to form a heavier nucleus. Since neutrons...
    8 KB (927 words) - 01:51, 11 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for Neutron flux
    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...
    8 KB (875 words) - 03:08, 15 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Neutron temperature
    The neutron detection temperature, also called the neutron energy, indicates a free neutron's kinetic energy, usually given in electron volts. The term...
    14 KB (1,552 words) - 23:28, 19 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Neutron radiation
    Neutron radiation is a form of ionizing radiation that presents as free neutrons. Typical phenomena are nuclear fission or nuclear fusion causing the release...
    21 KB (2,626 words) - 19:06, 1 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Neutron activation
    Neutron activation is the process in which neutron radiation induces radioactivity in materials, and occurs when atomic nuclei capture free neutrons, becoming...
    18 KB (2,014 words) - 19:13, 25 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Neutron probe
    A neutron probe is a device used to measure the quantity of water present in soil. A typical neutron probe contains a pellet of americium-241 and beryllium...
    2 KB (165 words) - 16:29, 24 July 2022
  • engineering, a prompt neutron is a neutron immediately emitted (neutron emission) by a nuclear fission event, as opposed to a delayed neutron decay which can...
    10 KB (1,153 words) - 00:01, 13 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Neutron transport
    Neutron transport (also known as neutronics) is the study of the motions and interactions of neutrons with materials. Nuclear scientists and engineers...
    20 KB (2,089 words) - 02:24, 14 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Neutron source
    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...
    9 KB (1,149 words) - 20:04, 9 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Neutron scattering
    Neutron scattering, the irregular dispersal of free neutrons by matter, can refer to either the naturally occurring physical process itself or to the man-made...
    11 KB (1,353 words) - 08:35, 7 October 2022
  • Thumbnail for Neutron detection
    Neutron detection is the effective detection of neutrons entering a well-positioned detector. There are two key aspects to effective neutron detection:...
    66 KB (8,359 words) - 18:12, 29 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Discovery of the neutron
    The discovery of the neutron and its properties was central to the extraordinary developments in atomic physics in the first half of the 20th century...
    74 KB (8,527 words) - 23:22, 19 February 2024
  • as nuclear reactors, a neutron poison (also called a neutron absorber or a nuclear poison) is a substance with a large neutron absorption cross-section...
    18 KB (2,277 words) - 09:46, 8 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Neutron number
    The neutron number (symbol N) is the number of neutrons in a nuclide. Atomic number (proton number) plus neutron number equals mass number: Z + N = A....
    5 KB (601 words) - 20:03, 9 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Neutron moderator
    engineering, a neutron moderator is a medium that reduces the speed of fast neutrons, ideally without capturing any, leaving them as thermal neutrons with only...
    31 KB (3,823 words) - 22:29, 1 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Neutron imaging
    Neutron imaging is the process of making an image with neutrons. The resulting image is based on the neutron attenuation properties of the imaged object...
    16 KB (2,224 words) - 02:15, 21 January 2023
  • In nuclear engineering, a delayed neutron is a neutron emitted after a nuclear fission event, by one of the fission products (or actually, a fission product...
    7 KB (959 words) - 10:16, 25 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Neutron generator
    Neutron generators are neutron source devices which contain compact linear particle accelerators and that produce neutrons by fusing isotopes of hydrogen...
    21 KB (2,711 words) - 20:02, 9 February 2024
  • Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius is a 2001 American animated science fiction comedy film produced by Nickelodeon Movies, O Entertainment and DNA Productions...
    41 KB (4,355 words) - 20:11, 1 March 2024
  • The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius (or just The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron and often shortened as Jimmy Neutron) is an American animated television...
    20 KB (1,522 words) - 13:51, 1 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Neutron emission
    Neutron emission is a mode of radioactive decay in which one or more neutrons are ejected from a nucleus. It occurs in the most neutron-rich/proton-deficient...
    7 KB (871 words) - 22:07, 1 December 2023
  • A neutron howitzer is a neutron source that emits neutrons in a single direction. It was discovered in the 1930s that alpha radiation that strikes the...
    4 KB (515 words) - 05:03, 28 January 2023
  • Look up neutron in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A neutron is a subatomic particle. Neutron may also refer to: Neutron (comics), the name of several...
    1 KB (171 words) - 11:02, 7 September 2023
  • Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius episodes. The series is based on the 2001 film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius:...
    54 KB (270 words) - 17:05, 24 April 2024
  • Neutron economy is defined as the ratio of excess neutron production divided by the rate of fission. The numbers are a weighted average based primarily...
    5 KB (678 words) - 20:02, 9 February 2024