Use of Neutron Beams with Maxwellian Energy Spectrum in Transmission Study: A Simulation Study

A. A. Naqvi; M. S. Abdelmonem; Hanan Al-Ghamdi; Ghada Al-Misned

doi:10.1007/s13369-019-03900-z

Use of Neutron Beams with Maxwellian Energy Spectrum in Transmission Study: A Simulation Study

A. A. Naqvi^*, M. S. Abdelmonem, Hanan Al-Ghamdi, Ghada Al-Misned

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King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

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Abstract

Low-energy neutron beams from ⁷Li(p,n) and ³H(p,n) reactions have been used to calculate moisture concentration in concrete, soil, coal, wood and sugar samples over 1.0–7.0 wt% moisture using a Monte Carlo method. The neutron beams from ⁷Li(p,n) and ³H(p,n) reactions offer 3–350% higher sensitivity in moisture measurements in concrete, soil, coal and sugar samples than the 2.8-MeV neutron beams from D(d,n) reaction. The sensitivity of these neutron beams can be further enhanced by increasing the proton beams energy, but the collimated nature of the beam will be lost due to widening of neutron emission angle of the reaction. This study has shown use of the beams from ⁷Li(p,n) and ³H(p,n) reactions in higher sensitivity moisture measurement in bulk samples.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6645-6649
Number of pages	5
Journal	Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
Volume	44
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-019-03900-z
State	Published - 1 Jul 2019

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Keywords

Bulk samples with 0–7 wt% moisture
Neutron beams with Maxwellian energy from Li(p,n) and H(p,n) reactions
Transmission studies

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Use of Neutron Beams with Maxwellian Energy Spectrum in Transmission Study: A Simulation Study

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