Description : In a nuclear reactor the material use for absorbing neutrons is – (1) zinc (2) radium (3) lead (4) cadmium
Last Answer : (4) cadmium Explanation: One isotope of cadmium, 113Cd, absorbs neutrons with very high probability if they have an energy below the cadmium cut-off and transmits them otherwise. The cadmium ... below the cut-off are deemed slow neutrons, distinguishing them from intermediate and fast neutrons.