The cross sections of ${}^{\mathrm{nat}}$Cr($n$,$x$)${}^{52}$V, ${}^{52}$Cr($n$,$p$)${}^{52}$V, ${}^{\mathrm{nat}}$Cr($n$,$x$)${}^{53}$V, ${}^{53}$Cr($n$,$p$)${}^{53}$V, ${}^{\mathrm{nat}}$Zn($n$,$x$)${}^{66}$Cu, ${}^{66}$Zn($n$,$p$)${}^{66}$Cu, ${}^{\mathrm{nat}}$Zn($n$,$x$)${}^{68}$Cu${}^m$, ${}^{68}$Zn($n$,$p$)${}^{68}$Cu${}^m$, ${}^{\mathrm{nat}}$Mo($n$,$x$)${}^{97}$Nb${}^g$, ${}^{97}$Mo($n$,$p$)${}^{97}$Nb${}^g$, ${}^{\mathrm{nat}}$Mo($n$,$x$)${}^{97}$Nb${}^m$, ${}^{97}$Mo($n$,$p$)${}^{97}$Nb${}^m$, ${}^{\mathrm{nat}}$Sn($n$,$x$)${}^{116}$In${}^m$${}^{1+m2}$, ${}^{116}$Sn($n$,$p$)${}^{116}$In${}^m$${}^{1+m2}$, ${}^{\mathrm{nat}}$Sn($n$,$x$)${}^{117}$In${}^g$, ${}^{117}$Sn($n$,$p$)${}^{117}$In${}^g$, ${}^{\mathrm{nat}}$Sn($n$,$x$)${}^{118}$In${}^m$${}^{1+m2}$, ${}^{118}$Sn($n$,$p$)${}^{118}$In${}^m$${}^{1+m2}$, ${}^{\mathrm{nat}}$Sn($n$,$x$)${}^{120}$In${}^x$, ${}^{120}$Sn($n$,$p$)${}^{120}$In${}^x$, ${}^{\mathrm{nat}}$Ba($n$,$x$)${}^{138}$Cs, and ${}^{138}$Ba($n$,$p$)${}^{138}$Cs reactions have been measured at 14.8 MeV neutron energy. In the present work, the contributions of ($n$,$np$), ($n$,$pn$), and ($n$,$d$) reactions from heavier isotopes are subtracted. The cross sections were also estimated with the talys-1.2 nuclear model code using different level density models, at neutron energies varying from the reaction threshold to 20 MeV. The variations in the ($n$,$p$) cross sections with the neutron number in the isotopes of an element are also discussed in brief.

• Received 7 December 2011
• Corrected 6 April 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.024624