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Definition of Neutrons
1. neutron [n] - See also: neutron
Medical Definition of Neutrons
1. Electrically neutral elementary particles found in all atomic nuclei except light hydrogen; the mass is equal to that of the proton and electron combined and they are unstable when isolated from the nucleus, undergoing beta decay. Slow, thermal, epithermal, and fast neutrons refer to the energy levels with which the neutrons are ejected from heavier nuclei during their decay. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neutrons
Literary usage of Neutrons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Sixth Meeting of the Task Force on Shielding Aspects of by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2004)
"Figure l0 shows this generation as function of the TOF for neutrons (left) and
for photons (right). Up to about 60 ns the average generation rises as the ..."
2. First Workshop on Grand Unification: New England Center, University of New by Paul H. Frampton, Sheldon L. Glashow, Asim Yildiz (1980)
"If I have a reactor with a hole of area A in the shielding, through which neutrons
may pass, then the solid angle varies as ..."
3. Nuclear Energy Today by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2003)
"When the free neutrons, which are also released as a result of fission, are
absorbed by other nearby fissionable atoms, those too can fission and release ..."
4. Computing Radiation Dosimetry: CRD 2002, Workshop Proceedings, Sacavém by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Instituto Tecnologico e Nuclear (2004)
"... AND PERSONAL DOSIMETRY FOR PHOTONS BETWEEN 10 keV AND 10 MeV AND neutrons
BELOW 20 MeV Gianfranco Gualdrini ENEA - Istituto di Radioprotezione, ..."
5. The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb by F. G. Gosling (1999)
"Beginning in 1934, the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi began bombarding elements
with neutrons instead of protons, theorizing that Chad- wick's uncharged ..."
6. Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators: Workshop by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (2005)
"First, the neutron collimator to introduce high-energy neutrons effectively into
the core was ... These materials were used to moderate the fast neutrons or ..."
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