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{{chem|64|Zn}}, the most abundant isotope of zinc, is very susceptible to [[neutron activation]], being [[Nuclear transmutation|transmuted]] into the highly radioactive {{chem|65|Zn}}, which has a half-life of 244 days and produces intense [[gamma ray|gamma radiation]]. Because of this, zinc oxide used in nuclear reactors as an anti-corrosion agent is depleted of {{chem|64|Zn}} before use, this is called [[depleted zinc oxide]]. For the same reason, zinc has been proposed as a [[Salted bomb|salting]] material for [[nuclear weapon]]s ([[cobalt]] is another, better-known salting material). A jacket of [[Isotope separation|isotopically enriched]] {{chem|64|Zn}} would be irradiated by the intense high-energy neutron flux from an exploding thermonuclear weapon, forming a large amount of {{chem|65|Zn}} significantly increasing the radioactivity of the weapon's [[Nuclear fallout|fallout]].

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Zn, the most abundant isotope of zinc, is very susceptible to neutron activation, being transmuted into the highly radioactive 65
Zn, which has a half-life of 244 days and produces intense gamma radiation. Because of this, zinc oxide used in nuclear reactors as an anti-corrosion agent is depleted of 64
Zn before use, this is called depleted zinc oxide. For the same reason, zinc has been proposed as a salting material for nuclear weapons (cobalt is another, better-known salting material). A jacket of isotopically enriched 64
Zn would be irradiated by the intense high-energy neutron flux from an exploding thermonuclear weapon, forming a large amount of 65
Zn significantly increasing the radioactivity of the weapon's fallout.

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