Neutron source

A neutron source is a device that emits neutrons, used in particle physics and to start of nuclear chain reactions. Usually, the neutron souce is high speed atoms hitting a metal of an isotope with many neutrons. This reaction can be seen as bright sparks, but the sparks each have many neutrons in them.

Related subjects:

• radioactive decay
• fast neutron[?]
• slow neutron
• neutron moderator

• nuclear fission
• radioactivity