Physics, asked by Pankti007, 1 year ago

why mainly cadmium rods are used in a nuclear reactor other than boron , silver or indium rods?

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Answered by divyanshu71

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Cadmium rods are used in nuclear reactors because they control the fission rate of fuels like uranium and plutonium.Cadmium has high neutron capture cross section to absorbs neutron without fissioning themselves.B iron comes under 2nd level candidate with less resistance to neutron swelling capacity. Cadmium is less rare material than silver so they prefer using cadmium rods.

divyanshu71: Hope It's satisfactory...

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divyanshu71: other materials can also be used like ytterbium and xenotine but they are very rare

Pankti007: ok... thankyou soo much for your instant reply

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