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  1. In a nuclear reactor the material use for absorbing neutrons is
    1. zinc
    2. radium
    3. lead
    4. cadmium
Correct Option: D

One isotope of cadmium, 113Cd, absorbs neutrons with very high probability if they have an energy below the cadmium cut-off and transmits them otherwise. The cadmium cut-off is about 0.5 eV. Neutrons with energy below the cut-off are deemed slow neutrons, distinguishing them from intermediate and fast neutrons.



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