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Neutron flux

A measure of the intensity of neutron radiation in neutrons/cm²-sec. It is the number of neutrons passing through 1 square centimeter of a given target in 1 second. Expressed as nv, where n = the number of neutrons per cubic centimeter and v = their velocity in centimeters per second.