Thick target D-T neutron yield measurements using metal occluders of scandium, titanium, yttrium, zirconium, gadolinium, erbium, hafnium, and tantalum at energies from 25 to 200 keV
Deuterium-Tritium (D-T) neutron yields from thick films of scandium, titanium, yttrium, zirconium, gadolinium, erbium, hafnium, and tantalum were measured by the associated particle technique using the 200-keV accelerator at the Pinellas Plant. The neutron yields were measured for all targets at energies from 25 to 200 keV in 5-keV steps with an average uncertainty of {plus_minus}6.8%. Tabulated results are presented with yield versus energy curves for each target. Yield curves for D-D neutrons from earlier measurements are also presented with the D-T neutron yield curves. Good fits to the data were found for both D-D and D-T with theoretical calculations that were adjusted by smooth functions of the form: A{sub 0} + A{sub 1}E + A{sub 2}E{sup 2}. The results of the fits strongly suggest that disagreement between measurement and theory is due mainly to inaccuracies in currently available stopping power data. Comparisons with earlier theoretical calculations for titanium and erbium are also presented. 27 refs., 10 figs., 4 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- General Electric Co., Largo, FL (United States). Neutron Devices Dept.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00656
- OSTI ID:
- 720914
- Report Number(s):
- GEPP-TM-911; ON: TI91020181
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 19 Nov 1990
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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