| integrated neutron flux | <radiobiology> Sum (integral) of the neutron flux (neutrons per unit time per unit area, see flux) over all time, total number of neutrons which passed through a unit area. Important figure-of-merit in testing effects of neutron radiation on materials, and in assessing how long such materials can survive exposure to neutron sources (such as fission reactor cores and D-T fusion plasmas). (09 Oct 1997) |
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| either particle flux density | The particle fluence rate, or energy flux density, the energy fluence rate of intensity. Compare: fluence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flux density | <radiobiology> Total amount of a quantity passing through a unit surface area in unit time See: flux. (09 Oct 1997) |
| boron neutron capture therapy | A technique for the treatment of neoplasms, especially gliomas and melanomas in which boron-10, an isotope, is introduced into the target cells followed by irradiation with thermal neutrons. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neutron | <physics> An elementary atomic particle that has no charge and a mass that is approximately the same as that of a proton. Neutrons are found in allatoms except the lightest isotopes of hydrogen. (09 Jan 1998) |
| neutron activation analysis | Activation analysis in which the specimen is bombarded with neutrons. Identification is made by measuring the resulting radioisotopes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neutron capture therapy | A technique for the treatment of neoplasms in which an isotope is introduced into target cells followed by irradiation with thermal neutrons. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neutron radiation | An emission of neutrons from the nucleus of an atom by decay or fission. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermal neutron | <radiobiology> A neutron in thermal equilibrium with its surrounding environment. Thermal neutrons are those that have been slowed down by a moderator to speeds characteristic of the local temperature. Compare: fast neutron. (09 Oct 1997) |
| fast neutron | <physics> Neutron with energy greater than roughly 100,000 electron volts (100 keV). Distinguished from slow or thermal neutrons. (09 Oct 1997) |
| bloody flux | The dysentery, a disease in which the flux or discharge from the bowels has a mixture of blood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| net flux | The difference between the two unidirectional flux's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toroidal flux | <radiobiology> Magnetic field flux in the toroidal direction. See: magnetic fields. (09 Oct 1997) |
| unidirectional flux | The flux of a substance from one surface of a boundary layer or membrane to the other, disregarding any counterbalancing flux in the other direction, as measured by tracer technique. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flux | <radiobiology> The total amount of a quantity passing through a given surface per unit time. Typical quantities include (magnetic) field lines, particles, heat, energy, mass of fluid, etc. Common usage in plasma physics is for flux by itself to mean magnetic field flux, unless specified otherwise. (09 Oct 1997) |