ENTRY 21450 19801107 00002145000000001 SUBENT 21450001 19801107 00002145000100001 BIB 13 30 2145000100002 INSTITUTE (2UK OXF) 2145000100003 REFERENCE (J,PPS/A,69,469,5606) 2145000100004 AUTHOR (R.E.MEADS,C.J.ENGLAND,C.H.COLLIE,G.C.WEEKS) 2145000100005 TITLE -THE CAPTURE CROSS SECTION OF THERMAL NEUTRONS IN 2145000100006 WATER.- 2145000100007 FACILITY .NO DETAILS GIVEN. 2145000100008 INC-SOURCE (D-D ) 450 KEV DEUTERONS IMPINGING ONTO A HEAVY 2145000100009 ICE TARGET, COOLED WITH LIQUID NITROGEN, 1.E5 N/SEC 2145000100010 PRODUCED. THE SOURCE WAS PULSED (1 PULSE EVERY 1600 2145000100011 MICRO-SECONDS). 2145000100012 SAMPLE .600 GALLON WATER TANK, 120 CM*120 CM* 180 CM. 2145000100013 METHOD .MEASUREMENT OF THE DECAY OF THE NEUTRON DISTRIBUTION 2145000100014 IN A WATER TANK. 2145000100015 DETECTOR (SCIN ) LIQUID SCINTILLATOR (TERPHENYL IN CYCLOHEXANE 2145000100016 WITH DIPHENYL AS FREQUENCY SHIFTER). 2145000100017 (BF3 ) AS NEUTRON FLUX MONITOR. 2145000100018 STATUS (NDD ) DATA TAKEN FROM NEUDADA. 2145000100019 HISTORY (800229T) G.C. 2145000100020 (800318E) 2145000100021 CORRECTION .BACKGROUND (THE METAL CELL CONTAINING THE LIQUID 2145000100022 SCINTILLATOR BECAME RADIOACTIVE WITH NEUTRON 2145000100023 IRRADIATION), PRESENCE OF THE TUBE THROUGH WHICH THE 2145000100024 DEUTERONS REACH THE TARGET GIVES LEAKAGE (THIS WAS 2145000100025 CORRECTED FOR BY USING THE RESULTS OF AN EXPERIMENT 2145000100026 WITH A DUMMY TUBE.) 2145000100027 ERR-ANALYS .PROBABLE ERRORS GIVEN FOR THE AVERAGE LIVES, FROM 2145000100028 WHICH THE DATA IS CALCULATED. THIS ERROR IS BASED ON 2145000100029 THE STATISTICAL ERROR, THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE TARGET 2145000100030 CORRECTION, AND THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE TARGET - 2145000100031 SCINTILLATOR DISTANCE. 2145000100032 ENDBIB 30 0 2145000100033 NOCOMMON 0 0 2145000100034 ENDSUBENT 33 0 2145000199999 SUBENT 21450002 19801107 00002145000200001 BIB 3 3 2145000200002 REACTION (1-H-1(N,G)1-H-2,,SIG,,MXW) 2145000200003 INC-SPECT NEUTRONS SLOWED DOWN IN THE WATER TANK. 2145000200004 STATUS (NDD ) DATA TAKEN FROM NEUDADA. 2145000200005 ENDBIB 3 0 2145000200006 NOCOMMON 0 0 2145000200007 NODATA 0 0 ALL POINTS ELIMINATED FROM SET 2145000200008 ENDSUBENT 7 0 2145000299999 ENDENTRY 2 0 2145099999999