PILE NEUTRON CAPTURE CROSS SECTION OF 33 HR. Ce143

1956 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 238-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. P. Roy ◽  
L. Yaffe

Ce144 has been produced by the successive neutron capture reaction Ce142 (n, γ)Ce143(n, γ)Ce144. The pile neutron capture cross section of the 33 hr. Ce143 was determined by separating Pr144, the daughter of Ce144, from the rigorously-purified cerium at frequent intervals. The amount of Pr144 formed increased linearly with the square of the neutron flux in a manner consistent with that of a successive neutron capture reaction. The value for the pile neutron capture cross section of Ce143 was found to be 6.0 ± 0.7 barns.

1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 716-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Durham ◽  
F. Molson

The neutron capture cross section of 242Pu has been measured by determining the 243Am product. Samples were irradiated in a neutron flux having essentially a Maxwellian distribution defined by the temperature (37.5 °C) of a water annulus around the sample tube. Plutonium and americium were separated from each other chemically and their concentrations and isotopic compositions obtained by low-geometry α counting and α spectrometry. A value for gσ0 of 18.7 ± 0.7 b was obtained where g represents the deviation from 1/v behavior.


1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 1321-1331
Author(s):  
R. G. Hart ◽  
R. L. Graham

Natural silver has been irradiated for 75.3 days in a thermal neutron flux of 2.42 × 1014 cm−2 sec−1 and the complex beta-ray spectrum of the resulting activities of 249-day Ag110m and 7.5-day Ag111 have been studied with a magnetic spectrometer. From the measured ratio of the respective beta-ray intensities and using the currently accepted decay schemes of these nuclides a value of 82 ± 11 barns is obtained for the reactor neutron capture cross section of Ag110m. Possible causes of systematic error are discussed.


Author(s):  
Yu Kodama ◽  
Tatsuya Katabuchi ◽  
Gerard Rovira ◽  
Atsushi Kimura ◽  
Shoji Nakamura ◽  
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1953 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 204-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosalie M. Bartholomew ◽  
R. C. Hawkings ◽  
W. F. Merritt ◽  
L. Yaffe

The thermal neutron capture cross sections of Na23 and Mn55 have been determined using the activation method. The values are 0.53 ± 0.03 and 12.7 ± 0.3 barns respectively with respect to σAul97 = 93 barns. These agree well with recent pile oscillator results. The half-life for Mn56 is found to be 2.576 ± 0.002 hr.


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