Determination of the Thermal Neutron Fluence in Recoil Tritiation by the 6Li (n, α) 3H Reaction

Lithium benzoate was irradiated at various thermal neutron fluence in reactors. A plot of the specific activity of benzoic acid derived from irradiated lithium benzoate vs, the thermal neutron fluence measured with 59Co activation detectors gave a linear relationship on a logarithmic graph paper in...

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Published in:RADIOISOTOPES 1987/04/15, Vol.36(4), pp.157-162
Main Authors: NOGAWA, Norio, OOHASHI, Kunio, MATUOKA, Hiromitu, HOIZUMI, Kiyoshi, MOKI, Terutomi, MORIYA, Takashi, MORIKAWA, Naotake
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
lithium benzoate
lithium-6
neutron alpha reaction
recoil tritiation
thermal neutron fluence
tritium
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Summary:Lithium benzoate was irradiated at various thermal neutron fluence in reactors. A plot of the specific activity of benzoic acid derived from irradiated lithium benzoate vs, the thermal neutron fluence measured with 59Co activation detectors gave a linear relationship on a logarithmic graph paper in the range of thermal neutron fluence from 1.3×1014 to 2.2×1017 ncm-2. This finding indicates that lithium benzoate is available as an activation detector for recoil tritiation by the 6Li (n, α) 3H reaction.
ISSN:0033-8303
1884-4111
DOI:10.3769/radioisotopes.36.4_157