Absorption hardening
In the field of nuclear engineering, absorption hardening is the increase in average energy of neutrons in a population by preferential absorption of lower-energy neutrons. This occurs because absorption cross-sections typically increase for lower neutron energies.
References
- Weston M. Stacey, Nuclear Reactor Physics, 2nd ed. (Wiley-VCH, 2007)
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