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Title: Effective Cutoff Energies for B, Cd, Gd, and Sm Filters

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4813195· OSTI ID:4813195

Effective energy cutoffs have been calculated on an IBM7090 computer for Cd, Gd, Sm, and B filters as functions of filter geometry, the ratio of Maxwellian to epithermal flux (assumed to be 1/E), the lower energy limit of the 1/E flux, the energy corresponding to the Maxwellian most probable (modal) velocity and filter thickness. The geometrical configurations were spherical (which on the assumptions madc is equivalent to a beam flux case), cylindrical and slab. By the use of two or three different filters (Cd and Gd and perhaps Sm) it should be possible to detect resonances in the thermal to cutoff energy regions, in addition to measuring resonance integrals and thermal cross sections of unknown nuclides.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-26
NSA Number:
NSA-16-028014
OSTI ID:
4813195
Report Number(s):
ORNL-TM-236
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-62
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English