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calvinjhfeng
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I am just curious, for nuclear power plant or nuclear weapon/detonation, how to create a beam of neutron that's energetic enough to go inside the U-235 atom and trigger the chain reactions?
What was the most conventional or the oldest way to create this beam of neutrons in lab back in the 1900s? What kind of decay is this?
Side question: How was neutron even detected? It doesn't interact with most things.
Thanks.
What was the most conventional or the oldest way to create this beam of neutrons in lab back in the 1900s? What kind of decay is this?
Side question: How was neutron even detected? It doesn't interact with most things.
Thanks.