Techniques for Active 3He Activation Analysis for Carbon and Oxygen

Author

William Mort Sanders

Publication Date

12-9-1971

Abstract

The surface and body concentrations of carbon and oxygen have been measured in various materials using ³He activation. Channeling techniques have been used to differentiate between interstitial and substitutional location of these impurities.

Thin target excitation functions were determined for (³He,p) reactions with carbon and oxygen over a ³He energy range from 2.5 to 9.0 MeV. These data were used to calculate the activation curves for various combinations of incident particle energy, impurity distributions, and material.

Information on several computer codes used during this study is presented.

Sponsors

The Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

English

Degree Name

Nuclear Engineering

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Nuclear Engineering

First Committee Member (Chair)

Glenn A. Whan

Second Committee Member

Harold D. Southward

Third Committee Member

Dale M. Holm

Fourth Committee Member

Morris E. Battat

Recommended Citation

Sanders, William Mort. "Techniques for Active 3He Activation Analysis for Carbon and Oxygen." (1971). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ne_etds/88