When exposed to a flux of thermal neutrons, most common materials absorb one or more neutrons and

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When exposed to a flux of thermal neutrons, most common materials absorb one or more neutrons and many become radioactive (β- -emitters). Explain how this is compatible with energy conservation. Can you name a naturally occuring nucleus that cannot absorb a neutron?

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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