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As neutrons do not carry a electric charge they do not interact with the electron cloud that surrounds atoms so the inclination to bounce isn't there as much as with other atoms or charged particles. Instead a neutron would preferably

  1. travel straight through the mostly empty space of a metal.
  2. collide with an atomic nucleolus.

If it collides with a nucleolus it can either

  1. bounce off
  2. get absorbed
  3. get absorbed and start a fission reaction.
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