Cadmium 113 edge - cross-section

¹¹³Cd has specific absorption cross-section. There is a cadmium cut-off energy (Cadmium edge) in the absorption cross-section. Only neutrons of kinetic energy below the cadmium cut-off energy (~0.5 eV) are strongly absorbed by ¹¹³Cd. Therefore cadmium is widely used to absorb thermal neutrons in a thermal neutron filters.

$n+_{48}^{113}\textrm{Cd} {\rightarrow} _{48}^{114}\textrm{Cd^{\star}} \rightarrow _{48}^{114}\textrm{Cd} +\gamma$

Source: JANIS (Java-based Nuclear Data Information Software); The JEFF-3.1 Nuclear Data Library

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Cadmium