Timeline for What happens to the electron when a neutron knocks off a proton from hydrogen atom?
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| Apr 16, 2019 at 23:23 | comment | added | rob♦ | To develop a net negative charge, your neutrons would have to eject protons from thw scintillator entirely. That depends on where in the scintillator the neutron captures occur and the range of the struck protons. Unless your scintillator is very thin, I wouldn't expect it to be an issue --- but it's really a question to be answered by modeling. | |
| Apr 16, 2019 at 21:58 | comment | added | Betsy | Thank you, that makes it clear! Also, say I have a non-scintillating hydrogenous neutron converter like PMMA attached to a non-hydrogeneous scintillating crystal, the PMMA would develop a net negative charge over time as it gets irradiated with neutrons, right? | |
| Apr 16, 2019 at 15:22 | history | answered | rob♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |