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Boron-10 is used as control rods in nuclear reactors it absorbs a neutron while it emits an alpha particle what is the resulting product in the control rods?
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∙ 15y ago
When B-10 absorbs a neutron, as you say it emits an alpha particle. This contains two protons so the other result is the element with two fewer protons than boron, which is lithium. So the process is starting with B-10 with 5 protons and 5 neutrons, add 1 neutron, then split into alpha which has two protons and two neutrons, and lithium which has three protons and four neutrons. The control rods have to contain enough boron to last the life of the reactor, unless they are to be replaced, which I don't think is needed. In the AGR gas cooled reactors the rods are made of boron steel alloy, in the light water reactors they are boron carbide.
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