Which mechanism alters spectrometer detection accuracy when analyzing differing uranium isotopes?

💡 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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