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Evidence for Discovery of Chemically Bound Neutrons
Phys. Rev. Lett. 23, 741 – Published 6 October, 1969
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.23.741
Abstract
Evidence has been obtained that neutrons form a weak bond with electrons trapped in LiF at 4°K. The chemistry of the resulting species has been studied and shows that it decomposes at this temperature with a half-time in LiF of ∼30 sec. The bond energy is probably about 0.1 eV. Removal of the trapped electrons greatly reduces, if not completely destroys, the neutron retention in LiF.
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