The Lead Activation Technique for High Energy Neutron Measurement
- 1 January 1965
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Vol. 12 (1), 407-414
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tns.1965.4323543
Abstract
The yield of 14-mev pulsed neutron sources may be measured by a detector which counts gamma decay from Pb208(n, 2n) Pb207m and Pb207 (n, n') Pb2O7m reactions. Threshold for the device is 1.6 mev and the half-life of the Pb207m isomer is 0.8 second; the high sensitivity and the short half-life of a lead counter allow the dectector to be operated in place and at frequent intervals.Keywords
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