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Is neutron capture possible in a lab setting or is a reactor mandatory?

>> No.12519986

>>12519966
Depends on what you call reactor. Put an alpha emitter next to a piece of beryllium on a desk and that's going to generate neutrons and of course they can be captured by any nearby matter including the desk.

>> No.12519993
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>>12519986
>Put an alpha emitter next to a piece of beryllium
Well yes but I'm talking about ways that also don't kill the person conducting the experiment. And obviously you would want to target the neutrons not just release them in random directions.

Do we still not have any way to that outside of a reactor?

>> No.12520001

>>12519993
Put on a lead suit or get a robot arm to move things around. You can watch with a video camera and control the robot arm with a pc.
Nuclear reactions dont care if they are in a reactor or not. You know a nuclear power plant is? A block of uranium in a pool

>> No.12520020

>>12520001
Yes I know but holy fuck we figured that out in the 1930's. It's now 2020 and we still don't have a better way of generating neutrons on a small scale?

>You know a nuclear power plant is? A block of uranium in a pool
With a mediator and control rods in a very specific configuration attached to a steam turbine.

>> No.12520272

BUMP

>> No.12520286

>>12519966
Why can't the US government be honest with their people?

"Masks work, but we're running low, so please let health care professional have them first. Once our supply chain is ready, the public can purchase those."

Instead, the US government says something different every week, causing distrust and skepticism.

>> No.12520287

>>12520020
Neutrons on a small scale can be done in many ways. A reactor can be tiny and cheap. I dont know what you want, you can call any device where a reaction happens a reactor.

>> No.12520307

>>12520287
>Neutrons on a small scale can be done in many ways.
List them please.
I can't find anything.

>> No.12520310

>>12519993
Why the fuck you scared of the alpha cookies? Just hold it in your hand.

>> No.12520312

>>12520307
"Neutron emission"

>> No.12520315

>>12520287
That is to say the only methods iv seen are the 1930's Neutron Howitzers, The later Nuclear Reactors, and the retarded "just put an alpha emitter next to a piece of beryllium on a desk"

How have we not come up with anything better in the past 90 years?

>> No.12520318

>>12520315
>"retarded"
I don't think that word means what your think it means.

>> No.12520319

>>12520312
Yes but how?

>> No.12520324

>>12520315
That was me. Your mom is retarded

>> No.12520329

>>12520319
Select the correct radioactive isotope. This isn't fucking complicated. Stop expecting to have direct control over the nuclear forces.

>> No.12520333

>>12520329
>d. Stop expecting to have direct control over the nuclear forces.
NO!
Why the fuck haven't we come up with a way to do this yet?

>> No.12520345

>>12520329
Alright let me rephrase.
How do you not die during the process?
Yes, you can use robots while standing in another room but this just seems stupid.

We should have shrunk this down enough where we could have a self contained neutron laser or something by now. This is some serious caveman shit atm. "Bang rocks together, get spark"

>> No.12520357

>>12520345
If you don't know a damn thing about the 4 types of ionizing radiation, then you have a lot to learn, and I am not going to dictate it to you.

>> No.12520385

>>12520357
Alpha Beta Gama Neutron.
What does that have to do with anything?
I'm specifically talking about Neutron capture, and why there's not really any way to do it on a small scale.

>> No.12522457

>>12520310
>He doesn't know about the gamma cookies.

>> No.12522837

how convenient of the UK (((strain))) to show up in america right on time to justify another year of lockdowns.

>> No.12523103

>>12519966
I saw people that are doing it in living room.

>> No.12523992

>>12523103
How did it work out?

>> No.12524191

>>12519966
>not knowing how to collect neutron vapor off of uranium ore
lmao off... look at this pleb here ayys.

>> No.12524219

>>12524191
How?

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>>12520286
Eurotards never learned to govern effectively