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The 45 pages that link to Neutron capture, each with the reason it gives.

• NeutronRelated: Adding a neutron can create a heavier isotope or trigger subsequent radioactive decay.

• Stellar nucleosynthesisNarrower topic: Unlike charged-particle fusion, neutron capture faces no Coulomb barrier.

• Uranium-238Related: Neutron capture can transform uranium-238 into fissile plutonium-239.

• Neutron activation analysisRelated: Captured neutrons create the radioactive isotopes whose emissions NAA measures.

• NucleosynthesisRelated: Capturing neutrons enables element formation beyond what ordinary stellar fusion can achieve.

• Supernova nucleosynthesisRelated: Capturing neutrons builds heavier nuclei when explosive ejecta provide a suitable neutron supply.

• Nuclear chain reactionRelated: Capture removes neutrons from the chain unless it leads to another fission.

• Heavy waterRelated: Heavy water’s low neutron-capture rate helps preserve the neutron supply in reactors.

• Radiation shieldingRelated: Capture materials remove moderated neutrons, though capture can also emit gamma rays.

• Transuranium elementRelated: Successive neutron captures can build heavier nuclei, especially in reactors and stellar explosions.

• R-processNarrower topic: Successive captures are the defining steps that drive the r-process toward heavier nuclei.

• Plutonium-239Narrower topic: It is the first step in converting uranium-238 into plutonium-239.

• ThoriumRelated: Neutron capture initiates thorium-232’s conversion toward uranium-233.

• Neutron cross sectionRelated: Capture cross sections quantify the probability of this absorption channel.

• Edwin McMillanRelated: Capturing a neutron converted uranium-238 into uranium-239 in the discovery experiment.

• S-processRelated: Each capture adds a neutron to a nucleus and advances the s-process.

• Thorium fuel cycleRelated: Capture by thorium-232 begins its conversion toward fissile uranium-233.

• AmericiumRelated: Repeated neutron capture in reactors produces heavier americium isotopes.

• Ralph AlpherRelated: Alpher’s early nucleosynthesis model built heavier nuclei by successive neutron captures.

• Thorium-232Related: Neutron capture initiates thorium-232’s conversion toward uranium-233.

• CaliforniumRelated: Repeated neutron capture in reactors helps produce heavy californium isotopes.

• Cosmogenic nuclideRelated: Neutron capture produces nuclides such as chlorine-36 in exposed rocks.

• CuriumRelated: Repeated neutron captures in reactors help produce heavier curium isotopes.

• DysprosiumRelated: Several dysprosium isotopes absorb neutrons effectively, enabling specialized nuclear uses.

• Neutron activationRelated: This capture is the step that turns a stable target nucleus into a radioactive product.

• ZirconiumRelated: Zirconium’s relatively low neutron-capture probability suits it to reactor structures.

• Boron neutron capture therapyNarrower topic: Boron-10 capture is the reaction at the center of the treatment.

• Neutron moderationCompared with: Absorption removes a neutron rather than leaving it available for further slowing-down collisions.

• Nuclear cross sectionBroader topic: Capture cross sections determine how readily materials absorb neutrons in reactors and detectors.

• Boron carbideRelated: Boron-10 in boron carbide captures neutrons, enabling its use in reactor control materials.

• Breeder reactorRelated: Capture in fertile isotopes initiates the conversion that produces new fissile nuclei.

• Frederick ReinesRelated: Capturing the reaction’s delayed neutron produced a second signal after the positron flash.

• PromethiumRelated: Neutron capture in nuclear fuel can help generate promethium isotopes through subsequent decays.

• HafniumRelated: Hafnium’s ability to absorb neutrons underlies its reactor-control applications.

• Neutron radiationRelated: Capture can create a heavier isotope, sometimes leaving it radioactive.

• SamariumRelated: Samarium’s large neutron-capture probability explains its value in reactor materials.

• Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paperRelated: The paper proposed successive captures as the route from neutrons to heavier elements.

• Cowan–Reines neutrino experimentBroader topic: Capture after moderation produced the delayed gamma-ray signal.

• EinsteiniumRelated: Repeated neutron captures helped build einsteinium nuclei during the Ivy Mike explosion.

• FermiumRelated: Repeated neutron capture helped create fermium in the intense neutron flux of Ivy Mike.

• Synthetic elementRelated: Repeated neutron capture can build heavier nuclei before radioactive decay changes their elements.

• Neutron imagingRelated: Strong absorption by some isotopes produces distinctive dark or bright image regions.

• UnbitriumCompared with: It is an alternative route to heavier nuclei, though unsuitable for quickly reaching element 123.

• Isotopes of uraniumRelated: Capturing neutrons can convert uranium isotopes into heavier nuclides or trigger fission.

• UnhexquadiumRelated: Neutron-rich reaction pathways are studied as possible routes toward heavier nuclei.