Input interpretation
elements | neutron mass absorption
Summary
median | 0.0023 m^2/kg highest | 7.3 m^2/kg (gadolinium) lowest | 1×10^-6 m^2/kg (oxygen) distribution | | (based on 83 values; 35 unavailable)
Entities with missing values
lithium | technetium | promethium | polonium | astatine | radon | francium | radium | protactinium | neptunium | ... (total: 35)
Distribution plots
(neutron mass absorption in square meters per kilogram)
Neutron mass absorption rankings
1 | oxygen | 1×10^-6 m^2/kg 2 | bismuth | 6×10^-6 m^2/kg 3 | helium | 1×10^-5 m^2/kg 4 | carbon | 1.5×10^-5 m^2/kg 5 | fluorine | 2×10^-5 m^2/kg 6 | lead | 3×10^-5 m^2/kg 7 | beryllium | 3×10^-5 m^2/kg 8 | magnesium | 1×10^-4 m^2/kg 9 | tin | 2×10^-4 m^2/kg 10 | phosphorus | 2×10^-4 m^2/kg ⋮ | | 74 | mercury | 0.063 m^2/kg 75 | rhodium | 0.063 m^2/kg 76 | actinium | 0.079 m^2/kg 77 | iridium | 0.08 m^2/kg 78 | dysprosium | 0.2 m^2/kg 79 | europium | 0.6 m^2/kg 80 | cadmium | 1.4 m^2/kg 81 | boron | 2.4 m^2/kg 82 | samarium | 4.7 m^2/kg 83 | gadolinium | 7.3 m^2/kg (based on 83 values; 35 unavailable)
Unit conversions for median neutron mass absorption 0.0023 m^2/kg
2.3×10^-6 m^2/g (square meters per gram)
0.023 cm^2/g (square centimeters per gram)