The Laboratory Neutron Source

In our Radiations Laboratories, a 1 Ci Am/ e source produced neutrons by the nuclear reaction between a particles, from Am, and Be nuclei according to  

The advantages of this source are the long half-life of Am(ti =458 years) and the low energy of its y rays (0.06 MeV). The high energy neutrons (E up to about 12 MeV) produced by reaction (18.3) are thermalised by paraffin wax, to render them more 

Using the laboratory neutron source, we could demonstrate  

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