Affiliation:
1. Trinity College
2. Selwyn College, Cambridge
Abstract
The distintegration of boron by neutrons has been studied by a number of workers, and it has been estabblished that it may take place in accordance with two equations
5
B
10
+
0
n
1
→
3
Li
7
+
2
He
4
+
Q
1
, (1) →
1
H
3
+
2
He
4
+
2
He
4
+
Q
2
. (2) From the values of the nuclear masses at present accepted, it may be calculated that the energy release
Q
1
is 2.99 X 10
6
e-volts, while
Q
2
is only about 0.4 X 10
6
e-volts. Observed disintegrations, if caused by slow neutrons, must therefore be of the two-particle type described by equation(1).
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