"Thermal neutrons" refers to neutrons that have slowed down to a low energy level, or temperature, by colliding with atoms and losing their kinetic energy. These neutrons are more likely to interact with other atoms and are used in various scientific applications.
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«thermal»
«neutron»
Sentences with «thermal neutrons»
- This is why normal water is used as a coolant in most thermal neutron reactors. (nuclearstreet.com)
- Lab electrical engineer Rebecca Nikolic leads a team of LLNL engineers and scientists, including electrical engineer Adam Conway (left) and postdoc John Murphy, which is developing a hand - held thermal neutron detector that could be used to locate nuclear materials. (llnl.gov)
- There has been an argument for several decades now about how high the fluxes of thermal neutrons released by the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were. (newscientist.com)
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