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<p>Bi-209; when the last captures another neutron, it becomes Po-210 (or Bi-210m) then alpha decays back to mass 206. Should another neutron be captured, alpha decay from 211 to 207 is faster yet. The net result of the cycle is that 4 <a href="page.php?w=neutron">neutron</a>s are fused into one <a href="page.php?w=alpha_particle">alpha particle</a> with two <a href="page.php?w=beta_decays">beta decays</a>.</p>

<p>In fact, this cycle does not reach equilibrium because the neutron cross section of the doubly magic <a href="page.php?w=lead-208"><sup>208</sup>Pb</a></p><p>
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