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← ScienceWhich mechanism alters spectrometer detection accuracy when analyzing differing uranium isotopes?
A)Neutron capture cross-section variation✓
B)Compton scattering angle asymmetry
C)Bremsstrahlung emission energy scaling
D)Cherenkov radiation threshold differences
💡 Explanation
Isotopes of uranium possess differing neutron capture cross-sections; increasing neutron absorption alters measured isotopic abundance because larger nuclei have more interactions, decreasing detected counts. Therefore, abundance ratios will be skewed rather than accurately depicted, unlike scattering or radiation profiles.
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