Small Plasma Focus as Neutron Pulsed Source For Nucleids Identification

In this paper, we present preliminary results on the feasibility of employing a low energy (2 kJ, 31 kV) plasma focus device as a portable source of pulsed neutron beams (2.45 MeV) generated by nuclear fusion reactions D-D, for the “in situ” analysis of substances by nuclear activation. This source...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Milanese, Maria Magdalena, Niedbalski, Jorge Julio, Moroso, Roberto Luis, Barbaglia, Mario Oscar, Mayer, Roberto Edmundo, Castillo, Fernando Anibal, Guichón, S.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/993
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/993
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:NEUTRONS
GOLD
DENSE PLASMA FOCUS
NEUTRON SOURCES
LEAD
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
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Sumario:In this paper, we present preliminary results on the feasibility of employing a low energy (2 kJ, 31 kV) plasma focus device as a portable source of pulsed neutron beams (2.45 MeV) generated by nuclear fusion reactions D-D, for the “in situ” analysis of substances by nuclear activation. This source has the relevant advantage of being pulsed at requirement, transportable, not permanently radioactive, without radioactive waste, cheap, among others. We prove the feasibility of using this source showing several spectra of the characteristic emission line for manganese, gold, lead, and silver