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Measurement of thermal neutrons reflection coefficients for two-layer reflectors
S Azimkhani1, F Zolfagharpour1, F Ziaie2
1Department of Physics, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, P.O. Box 179, Ardabil, Iran.
Abstract:
In this research, thermal neutrons albedo coefficients and relative number of excess counts have been measured experimentally for different thicknesses of two-layer reflectors by using 241Am-Be neutron source (5.2Ci) and BF3 detector. Our used reflectors consist of two-layer which are combinations of water, graphite, polyethylene, and lead materials. Experimental results reveal that thermal neutron reflection coefficients slightly increased by addition of the second layer. The maximum value of growth for thermal neutrons albedo is obtained for lead-polyethylene compound (0.72 ± 0.01). Also, there is suitable agreement between the experimental values and simulation results by using MCNPX code.
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