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This lecture covers the interaction of neutrons with matter, including concepts of cross sections, microscopic and macroscopic, reaction rate defined as flux multiplied by cross-section, mechanisms of neutron interactions such as scattering and absorption, energy dependence of cross-sections, the Doppler effect, and a brief overview of cross-section libraries.