A practical method for measuring the boron equivalent of graphite impurity

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 237, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 602-612

  Bolewski Jr , A ^a   Ciechanowski, M ^a   Dydejczyk, A ^a   Kreft, A ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Boron equivalent; Graphite; MCNP; Sensitivity; Thermal neutron absorption

Indexed keywords

BORON; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEUTRON ABSORPTION; NEUTRON SOURCES; NEUTRONS;

EXPERIMENTAL ASSEMBLIES; GRAPHITE IMPURITIES; GRAPHITE SAMPLES; MCNP; MCNP SIMULATIONS; NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY; PRACTICAL METHOD; SENSITIVITY;

GRAPHITE;

EID: 39749146149     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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