Integral tests of neutron activation cross sections in a /sup 9/Be(d,n) field at E/sub d/ = 40 MeV

Journal Article · Thu Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1979 · Nucl. Sci. Eng.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5563689

Greenwood, L R ^[1]; Heinrich, R R; Saltmarsh, M J; Fulmer, C B

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1. Argonne National Lab., IL

Neutron activation measurements are reported for 44 reactions from 14 materials irradiated in a well-characterized neutron field produced by 40-MeV deuterons impinging on /sup 9/Be at the Oak Ridge Isochronous Cyclotron. Foil packets were located at 0 to 15 deg to the beam at 7.62 cm from the source, and additional foil materials were located directly on the deuteron beam stop 6.25 mm from the source. Integral tests were made for 30 reactions using previously measured time-of-flight (TOF) spectra and neutron cross sections, primarily from ENDF/B-IV, extrapolated to 44 MeV. The integral results are excellent, with an overall standard deviation of +- 11% for 25 recommended reactions (+- 14% for 30 reactions), and neutron spectra unfolded with the SAND II code show excellent agreement with TOF measurements.

• OSTI ID: 5563689
• Journal Information: Nucl. Sci. Eng.; (United States), Journal Name: Nucl. Sci. Eng.; (United States) Vol. 72:2; ISSN NSENA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
ALUMINIUM
BARYON REACTIONS
COBALT
COPPER
CROSS SECTIONS
DATA
DATA FORMS
DATA PROCESSING
ELEMENTS
ENERGY RANGE
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FOILS
GOLD
GRAPHS
HADRON REACTIONS
HEAVY NUCLEI
INDIUM
INFORMATION
IRON
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
METALS
MEV RANGE
MEV RANGE 10-100
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NEUTRON REACTIONS
NEUTRON SPECTRA
NICKEL
NIOBIUM
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEI
NUCLEON REACTIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVATION
RADIOISOTOPES
RARE EARTHS
REFRACTORY METALS
SCANDIUM
SPECTRA
SPECTRA UNFOLDING
TABLES
THULIUM
TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD
TITANIUM
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
URANIUM 235
URANIUM 238
URANIUM ISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ZIRCONIUM