INELASTIC SCATTERING OF FAST NEUTRONS FROM NITROGEN AND OXYGEN. Period covered : August 31, 1956 to February 28, 1958

Technical Report · Sat Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1958

OSTI ID:4277070

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

An investigation of the inelastic scattering of neutrons from oxygen and nitrogen was made in order to determine inelastic neutron cross sections and gamma-ray production cross sections. A single crystal NaI(Tl) spectrometer was used to detcct gamm:i rays from oxygen and nitrogen in the neutron energy ranges froin 3.4 to 5.05 Mev and from 14.9 to 17 Mev. Cross sections for production of the 2.30 Mev gamma ray in N/sup 14/ and the 6.1 Mev gamma ray in O/sup 16/ were measured at several energies. An associated particle time-of-flight technique was developed and used to measure the energy distribution of the neutrons inelasticahly scattered from oxygen at 14.9 Mev. A pulsed beam time-of-flight spectrometer was constructed and tested and some preliminary results obtained. A detailed discussion of the time-of-flight apparatus is included. (auth)

• Research Organization: Texas Nuclear Corp., Austin, Tex.
• NSA Number: NSA-13-009265
• OSTI ID: 4277070
• Report Number(s): WADC-TR-58-88; AD-151028; PB-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

BEAMS
CROSS SECTIONS
CRYSTALS
DISTRIBUTION
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ENERGY
ENERGY RANGE
FAST NEUTRONS
GAMMA RADIATION
GAMMA SPECTROMETERS
INELASTIC SCATTERING
MEASURED VALUES
NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS
NITROGEN 14
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
OXYGEN 16
PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS
PRODUCTION
PULSES
SCATTERING
SODIUM IODIDES
VELOCITY