Radiochemical Determination of the (n, 2n) and [(n, np) + (n, pn) + (n, d)] Gross Sections of ¹⁰⁶Cd at 14.4 MeV

Abstract

With radiochemical separations of "'Ag from irradiated natural Cd targets at various times after the and of irradiation and with Ge(Li) detection, the ratio of the cross sections of the "«Cd[(n, np) + (n, pn) + (n, d)]i»5Ag and "«Cd(n,2n)i«5Cd reactions was determined to be 0.220 + 0.023 which is independent of the decay scheine of "'Ag and of the counting efficiency of the detector. Without chemistry, the cross section sum of the two reactions was determined to be 1190 + 105 mb. From the ratio and the total cross section sum, the cross sections of the (n, 2n) and the (n, np) + • •'• reactions were found to be 975 + 86 mb and 215 + 29 mb, respectively, at 14.4 + 0.3 MeV.