Neutrons in science and technology

DEC 01, 1983

The neutral nucleon sees much use in research, ranging from particle physics to condensed‐matter physics, and has applications in such diverse areas as mining, food preservation and art history.

DOI: 10.1063/1.2915384

D. Allan Bromley

In the four decades since the first controlled nuclear chain reaction made them available in abundance, neutrons have had a revolutionary impact on much of science and technology. Best known, perhaps, are the neutron’s roles in energy production and nuclear medicine. However, this particle has made, and is making, enormous contributions in dozens of other areas of science and technology.

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D. Allan Bromley. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.