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Tutorials On Neutron Crossection

This document provides 10 tutorials on neutron cross sections: 1. It asks the reader to calculate the fraction of incident neutrons captured in an aluminum foil of a given thickness and neutron energy. 2. It asks the reader to determine the thickness of B10 required to absorb 99% of incident thermal neutrons, given the density and absorption cross section of B10. 3. It asks the reader to calculate the mean free path of neutrinos in iron, given the neutrino capture cross section and density of Fe56.

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Tutorials On Neutron Crossection

This document provides 10 tutorials on neutron cross sections: 1. It asks the reader to calculate the fraction of incident neutrons captured in an aluminum foil of a given thickness and neutron energy. 2. It asks the reader to determine the thickness of B10 required to absorb 99% of incident thermal neutrons, given the density and absorption cross section of B10. 3. It asks the reader to calculate the mean free path of neutrinos in iron, given the neutrino capture cross section and density of Fe56.

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TUTORIALS ON

NEUTRON CROSS SECTION

1. A beam of 0.5 MeV neutrons is directed at an aluminum foil 0.1 mm thick. If the
capture cross-section for neutrons of this energy in Al is 2x10 -31 m2, find the fraction of
the incident neutrons captured. Al = 2.7x103 kg/m3.

2. The density of B10 is 2.5x103 kg/m3. The absorption cross-section of B10 is 400 barns
for thermal neutrons. How thick a layer of B10 is required to absorb 99% of an incident
beam of thermal neutrons?

3. The cross-section of Fe56 for neutrino capture is about 10-47 m2. What is the mean free
path of neutrinos in Fe, in light years, if the density of Fe56 is 8 g/cm3?

4. Calculate and compare the collision and absorption mean free paths of neutrons in
graphite using the following data.
s = 4.8b, a = 3.2x10-3b and c = 2.25 g/cm3

5. A borated steel sheet ( = 7.81 g/cm3) is 1.6 mm thick and contains 2% B10 by weight.
The absorption cross section for Fe56 and B10 are, respectively 2.5 and 755 b. (a) What is
the macroscopic absorption cross-section of each element ? (b) What fraction of the n-
beam is absorbed in this sheet?

6. A solution of boric acid (H3BO4) in water contains 2g of H3BO4 in 100 ml solution.


The microscopic absorption cross-section of H, O, and B are 0.33, 0.0002 and 755 b,
respectively. (a) what is the macroscopic cross-section of each of the elements in the
solution? (b) What is the total absorption cross-section of the solution?

7. Find the value of the production factor k  for U-238, U-235 and natural U, assuming
the values of the microscopic cross-section f and a as known (see, e.g., Table 11-3,
p.318 in Physics of the Atom by Wehr and Richards)

8. Calculate the extent of enrichment of U-235 in natural U necessary to render k  equal


to 1.

9. Using the same method as that to obtain the average life of a radioactive nuclide,
derive the expression for the neutron mean free path,  = 1/N. What is the
corresponding expression for the mean free path of a -ray photon in an absorbing
material?

10. What is the thermal fission cross-section for enriched uranium with 5% U-235?
f235 = 582b and f238 = 0 b

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