Neutron | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 24/12/2018

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00:02:35 1 Description
00:07:33 2 Discovery
00:11:50 3 Beta decay and the stability of the nucleus
00:12:57 3.1 Free neutron decay
00:15:56 3.2 Bound neutron decay
00:18:01 3.3 Competition of beta decay types
00:18:44 4 Intrinsic properties
00:18:54 4.1 Mass
00:21:01 4.2 Electric charge
00:21:18 4.3 Magnetic moment
00:21:27 4.4 Spin
00:21:57 4.5 Structure and geometry of charge distribution
00:26:00 4.6 Electric dipole moment
00:27:16 4.7 Anti-neutron
00:28:32 5 Neutron compounds
00:29:41 5.1 Dineutrons and tetraneutrons
00:30:26 5.2 Neutronium and neutron stars
00:30:35 6 Detection
00:31:59 6.1 Neutron detection by neutron capture
00:32:29 6.2 Neutron detection by elastic scattering
00:33:12 7 Sources and production
00:33:57 7.1 Neutron beams and modification of beams after production
00:34:56 8 Applications
00:39:54 9 Medical therapies
00:41:06 10 Protection
00:43:11 11 Neutron temperature
00:44:55 11.1 Thermal neutrons
00:47:00 11.2 Cold neutrons
00:47:09 11.3 Ultracold neutrons
00:48:32 11.4 Fission energy neutrons
00:48:59 11.5 Fusion neutrons
00:49:24 11.6 Intermediate-energy neutrons
00:50:45 11.7 High-energy neutrons
00:52:52 12 See also
00:54:19 12.1 Neutron sources
00:54:47 12.2 Processes involving neutrons
00:55:23 13 References
00:55:35 14 Further reading



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SUMMARY
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The neutron is a subatomic particle, symbol n or n0, with no net electric charge and a mass slightly larger than that of a proton. Protons and neutrons constitute the nuclei of atoms. Since protons and neutrons behave similarly within the nucleus, and each has a mass of approximately one atomic mass unit, they are both referred to as nucleons. Their properties and interactions are described by nuclear physics.
The chemical and nuclear properties of the nucleus are determined by the number of protons, called the atomic number, and the number of neutrons, called the neutron number. The atomic mass number is the total number of nucleons. For example, carbon has atomic number 6, and its abundant carbon-12 isotope has 6 neutrons, whereas its rare carbon-13 isotope has 7 neutrons. Some elements occur in nature with only one stable isotope, such as fluorine. Other elements occur with many stable isotopes, such as tin with ten stable isotopes.
Within the nucleus, protons and neutrons are bound together through the nuclear force. Neutrons are required for the stability of nuclei, with the exception of the single-proton hydrogen atom. Neutrons are produced copiously in nuclear fission and fusion. They are a primary contributor to the nucleosynthesis of chemical elements within stars through fission, fusion, and neutron capture processes.
The neutron is essential to the production of nuclear power. In the decade after the neutron was discovered by James Chadwick in 1932, neutrons were used to induce many different types of nuclear transmutations. With the discovery of nuclear fission in 1938, it was quickly realized that, if a fission event produced neutrons, each of these neutrons might cause further fission events, etc., in a cascade known as a nuclear chain reaction. These events and findings led to the first self-sustaining nuclear reactor (Chicago Pile-1, 1942) and the first nuclear weapon (Trinity, 1945).
Free neutrons, while not directly ionizing atoms, cause ionizing radiation. As such they can be a biological hazard, depending upon dose. A small natural "neutron background" flux of free neutrons exists on Earth, caused by cosmic ray showers, and by the natural radioactivity of spontaneously fissionable elements in the Earth's crust. Dedicated neutron sources like neutron generators, research reactors and spallation sources produce free neutrons for use in irradiation and in neutron scattering experiments.