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  2. Californium neutron flux multiplier - Wikipedia

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    This induced fission cascade generates a beam of neutrons that can be used for a variety of imaging and analytical techniques. Rather than relying solely on a large amount of californium for neutrons, the multiplier effect of 3.5 pounds of uranium initiated by only a few milligrams of 252 Cf provided a higher ultimate neutron flux at a lower cost.

  3. Neutron source - Wikipedia

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    Some isotopes undergo spontaneous fission (SF) with emission of neutrons.The most common spontaneous fission source is the isotope californium-252. 252 Cf and all other SF neutron sources are made by irradiating uranium or a transuranic element in a nuclear reactor, where neutrons are absorbed in the starting material and its subsequent reaction products, transmuting the starting material into ...

  4. Isotopes of californium - Wikipedia

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    Californium-252 (Cf-252, 252 Cf) undergoes spontaneous fission with a branching ratio of 3.09% and is used in small neutron sources. Fission neutrons have an energy range of 0 to 13 MeV with a mean value of 2.3 MeV and a most probable value of 1 MeV. [11] This isotope produces high neutron emissions and has a number of uses in industries such ...

  5. Californium - Wikipedia

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    Californium-252 has a number of specialized uses as a strong neutron emitter; it produces 139 million neutrons per microgram per minute. [27] This property makes it useful as a startup neutron source for some nuclear reactors [ 17 ] and as a portable (non-reactor based) neutron source for neutron activation analysis to detect trace amounts of ...

  6. List of neutron stars - Wikipedia

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    Zooming to RX J1856.5−3754 which is one of the Magnificent Seven and, at a distance of about 400 light-years, the closest-known neutron star. Neutron stars are the collapsed cores of supergiant stars. [1] They are created as a result of supernovas and gravitational collapse, [2] and are the second-smallest and densest class of stellar objects ...

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    ORNL sells milligrams of californium-252 to customers based on its value of $27 million per gram. A very strong neutron emitter, Cf-252 is used in portable metal detectors, for identifying gold ...

  8. List of radioactive nuclides by half-life - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of radioactive nuclides (sometimes also called isotopes), ordered by half-life from shortest to longest, in seconds, minutes, hours, days and years. Current methods make it difficult to measure half-lives between approximately 10 −19 and 10 −10 seconds.

  9. List of most massive neutron stars - Wikipedia

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    Name Mass (M ☉) Distance ()Companion class Mass determination method Notes Refs. PSR J1748-2021B: 2.548 +0.047 −0.078: 27,700: D: Rate of advance of periastron.: In globular cluster NGC 6440.

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