NEUTRON INTERACTIONS IN Fe, Pb, AND Ni

Technical Report · Fri Feb 14 04:00:00 EST 1958

OSTI ID:4243356

Bostrom, N A; Morgan, I L; Prud'homme, J T; Okhuysen, P L

A study of the interaction of fast neutrons in iron and lead has led to an investigation of the energy distribution of inelastically scattered neutrons, gamma ray production cross sections due to inelastic neutron scattering, the angular distribution of intense gamma rays due to inelastic neutron scattering, and the production of high energy gamma rays due to neutron capture. The associated particle, time-of-flight technique was employed in determining the energy distribution of inelastically scattered neutrons at En = 14.9 Mev. Gamma ray production cross sections in iron and lead were measured at E/sub n/ = 1.0, 3.5l, 3.82, 4.11, 4.36, 4.61, and 14.9 Mev. Cross sections for production of 2.62 Mev gamma rays due to inelastic scattering in Pb/sup 208/ were measured in 200 kev intervals in the energy region of 3.0 to 4.5 Mev. The angular distribution of gamma rays emitted from the 0.843 Mev level in iron was determined at E = 4.61 Mev. Production cross section for 6.0 and 8.0 Mev gamma rays due to capture in nickel and lead was measured in the neutron energy region of 0.100 to 1.0 Mev. (auth)

• Research Organization: Texas Nuclear Corp., Austin
• NSA Number: NSA-13-014780
• OSTI ID: 4243356
• Report Number(s): AD-154995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION
CAPTURE
ENERGY
ENERGY LEVELS
ENERGY RANGE
FAST NEUTRONS
GAMMA RADIATION
INELASTIC SCATTERING
IRON
LEAD 208
MEASURED VALUES
NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS
NICKEL
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS
SCATTERING
SPECTRA
VELOCITY