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1Neutron Capture Therapy of Cancer — Neutron Capture Therapy (NCT) is a noninvasive therapeutic modality for treating locally invasive malignant tumors such as primary brain tumors and recurrent head and neck cancer. It is a two step procedure: first, the patient is injected with a… …
2Neutron detection — is the effective detection of neutrons entering a well positioned detector. There are two key aspects to effective neutron detection: hardware and software. Detection hardware refers to the kind of neutron detector used (the most common today is… …
3Neutron — This article is about the subatomic particle. For other uses, see Neutron (disambiguation). Neutron The quark structure of the neutron. (The color assignment of individual quarks is not important, only that all three colors are present.)… …
4Neutron poison — For information on biological effects of excessive ionizing radiation, see radiation poisoning. A neutron poison (also called a neutron absorber or a nuclear poison ) is a substance with a large neutron absorption cross section in applications,… …
5Neutron capture — Science with Neutrons Foundations Neutron temperature Flux · Radiation  …
6Neutron moderator — Currently operating nuclear power reactors by moderator Moderator Reactors Design Country none (fast) 1 BN 600 Russia (1) graphite 29 AGR, Magnox, RBMK United Kingdom (18), Russia (11) heavy water 29 CANDU …
7Neutron activation analysis — Science with Neutrons Foundations Neutron temperature Flux · Radiation  …
8Neutron diffraction — Science with Neutrons Foundations Neutron temperature Flux · Radiation  …
9Neutron cross-section — The total neutron cross section of an isotope of a chemical element is the effective cross sectional area that an atom of that isotope presents to neutron scattering and absorption. cattering versus absorptionWhen a neutron approaches an atomic… …
10neutron — An electrically neutral particle in the nuclei of all atoms (except hydrogen 1) with a mass slightly larger than that of a proton; in isolation, it has a half life of about 10.3 minutes. [L. neuter, neither] epithermal n. a n. having an energy in …
