Accession Number:

AD0265648

Title:

THE NUCLEAR PROPERTIES OF RHENIUM

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

FLORIDA UNIV GAINESVILLE

Personal Author(s):

• WETHINGTON,JOHN A. JR.
• KARAM,R.A.

Report Date:

1961-06-08

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

Slabs of rhenium, iron, and carbon were used as targets for slightly degraded fission neutrons from the UFTR. The gamma rays resulting from neutron interactions within any slab were analyzed with a scintillation spectrometer. Methods by which one can measure the elastic and inelastic scattering cross sections for fission neutrons, as well as determination of the gammaray yield resulting from inelastic scattering, are discussed. A method for separating the gamma-ray response in a NaIT1 crystal from the neutron response in the same crystal is devised on theoretical grounds. Preliminary experimental results indicate such separation is possible. Author

Descriptors:

• *NUCLEAR PHYSICS
• *RHENIUM
• DUCTED BODIES
• EXPERIMENTAL DATA
• FISSION NEUTRONS
• GAMMA EMISSION
• GAMMA NEUTRON REACTIONS
• NEUTRON DETECTORS
• PULSE ANALYZERS
• RESEARCH REACTORS
• SHEETS

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE