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A nuclear reaction in which a target nucleus absorbs a neutron and forms a heavier nucleus, often followed by prompt gamma emission or subsequent radioactive decay.
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A target nucleus that captures a neutron changes mass number by one and may populate an excited capture state whose de-excitation or decay depends on the nuclide.
A physical process transforms the source into, or produces, the target under the conditions stated in the edge detail.
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A neutron can be captured when it interacts with a target nucleus in an allowed reaction channel; the capture probability depends on neutron energy, target isotope, and resonance structure.
A physical process transforms the source into, or produces, the target under the conditions stated in the edge detail.
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Neutron activation analysis uses neutron capture to create characteristic radionuclides, then infers elemental composition from measured decay radiation with calibration and interference controls.
The source supplies a substantive formal ingredient, dynamical sector, law, field content, or mechanism of the target theoretical framework.
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