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Title: Liquid lithium target as a high intensity, high energy neutron source

Abstract

This invention provides a target jet for charged particles. In one embodiment the charged particles are high energy deuterons that bombard the target jet to produce high intensity, high energy neutrons. To this end, deuterons in a vacuum container bombard an endlessly circulating, free-falling, sheet-shaped, copiously flowing, liquid lithium jet that gushes by gravity from a rectangular cross-section vent on the inside of the container means to form a moving web in contact with the inside wall of the vacuum container. The neutrons are produced via break-up of the beam in the target by stripping, spallation and compound nuclear reactions in which the projectiles (deuterons) interact with the target (Li) to produce excited nuclei, which then "boil off" or evaporate a neutron.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC); US Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA)
OSTI Identifier:
862713
Patent Number(s):
3993910
Application Number:
05/636865
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR H05H - PLASMA TECHNIQUE
DOE Contract Number:  
AT(30-1)-16
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 1975 Dec 02
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
liquid; lithium; target; intensity; energy; neutron; source; provides; jet; charged; particles; embodiment; deuterons; bombard; produce; neutrons; vacuum; container; endlessly; circulating; free-falling; sheet-shaped; copiously; flowing; gushes; gravity; rectangular; cross-section; inside; means; form; moving; web; contact; wall; produced; via; break-up; beam; stripping; spallation; compound; nuclear; reactions; projectiles; interact; excited; nuclei; boil; evaporate; rectangular cross-section; nuclear reactions; liquid lithium; charged particles; charged particle; neutron source; inside wall; moving web; nuclear reaction; energy neutrons; vacuum container; energy neutron; target jet; /376/

Citation Formats

Parkin, Don M., and Dudey, Norman D. Liquid lithium target as a high intensity, high energy neutron source. United States: N. p., 1976. Web.
Parkin, Don M., & Dudey, Norman D. Liquid lithium target as a high intensity, high energy neutron source. United States.
Parkin, Don M., and Dudey, Norman D. Thu . "Liquid lithium target as a high intensity, high energy neutron source". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/862713.
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author = {Parkin, Don M. and Dudey, Norman D.},
abstractNote = {This invention provides a target jet for charged particles. In one embodiment the charged particles are high energy deuterons that bombard the target jet to produce high intensity, high energy neutrons. To this end, deuterons in a vacuum container bombard an endlessly circulating, free-falling, sheet-shaped, copiously flowing, liquid lithium jet that gushes by gravity from a rectangular cross-section vent on the inside of the container means to form a moving web in contact with the inside wall of the vacuum container. The neutrons are produced via break-up of the beam in the target by stripping, spallation and compound nuclear reactions in which the projectiles (deuterons) interact with the target (Li) to produce excited nuclei, which then "boil off" or evaporate a neutron.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1976},
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