I hate this image so much because it implies that neutron radiation has more penetrating power than gamma when it's actually because different things stop them and it's entirely energy dependent on what that is. You could stop neutrons with a slab of hydrocarbons that gamma would blast right through.
To be fair neutrons are usually harder to block. Lead has a tenth thickness of 2” for gammas whereas the smallest tenth thickness for neutrons is around 6” for borated poly and the most common shields are water at 10” and concrete at 14”
So yeah it is different but overall it takes much thicker shields to block neutrons than gammas
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lime@feddit.nu · 66 pts · 86d
i'm a neutrino male because i rarely interact
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 86d
But are you also a hot-rodding teenager from Dimension X?
LGTM@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 86d
I'll catch you refracting off Uranus 😔
youcantreadthis@quokk.au · 4 pts · 86d
Women respect a neutron male
Frozengyro@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 86d
Especially a Jimmy neutron male
serpineslair@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 86d
I'm a gamma male, high penetration power, minimal effect.
Photonic@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 86d
Gamma Rays are X-Rays for all intents and purposes.
So if you’re a Y-male, you’re also essentially an X-male.
That makes you an XY male, which makes sense.
applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 86d
no they aren't... gamma rays are so much hotter than x-rays
roguetrick@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 86d
I hate this image so much because it implies that neutron radiation has more penetrating power than gamma when it's actually because different things stop them and it's entirely energy dependent on what that is. You could stop neutrons with a slab of hydrocarbons that gamma would blast right through.
BussyCat@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 85d
To be fair neutrons are usually harder to block. Lead has a tenth thickness of 2” for gammas whereas the smallest tenth thickness for neutrons is around 6” for borated poly and the most common shields are water at 10” and concrete at 14”
So yeah it is different but overall it takes much thicker shields to block neutrons than gammas
JATtho@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 86d
Also, a free neutron decays after 608 seconds with 0.782 MeV blast into stable proton, electron and anti-neutrino. The more know...