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Title: SOME STUDIES OF WATER, STYROFOAM AND PLEXIGLAS REFLECTORS

Abstract

The reflecting properties of water, Styrofoam, and plexiglas were stadied in critical experiments with 6-in.-thick slabs of aqueous solutions of U0/ sub 2/F/sub 2/ enriched to 93% in U/sub 235/ It was found that Styrofoam is significantly less effective than water as a neutron refiector, since the height of a slab with an effectively infinite Styrofoam reflector (except on top) was reduced by only about 20% from that of the unreflected slab, while the height of a slab with an effectively irfinite water reflector was reduced by more than a fuctor of 3. The effects of placing water, Styrofoam, and plexiglas between two- slab assemblies, both unreflected and waterreflected, were also investigated. (auth)

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
4289934
Report Number(s):
CF-58-9-39
NSA Number:
NSA-13-003095
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-26
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS; CONFIGURATION; CRITICALITY; ENRICHMENT; FLUORIDES; MEASURED VALUES; NEUTRONS; PLEXIGLAS; POLYMERS; REFLECTORS; SOLUTIONS; TESTING; URANIUM 235; URANYL COMPOUNDS; WATER

Citation Formats

Fox, J K, and Gilley, L W. SOME STUDIES OF WATER, STYROFOAM AND PLEXIGLAS REFLECTORS. United States: N. p., 1958. Web. doi:10.2172/4289934.
Fox, J K, & Gilley, L W. SOME STUDIES OF WATER, STYROFOAM AND PLEXIGLAS REFLECTORS. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/4289934
Fox, J K, and Gilley, L W. 1958. "SOME STUDIES OF WATER, STYROFOAM AND PLEXIGLAS REFLECTORS". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/4289934. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/4289934.
@article{osti_4289934,
title = {SOME STUDIES OF WATER, STYROFOAM AND PLEXIGLAS REFLECTORS},
author = {Fox, J K and Gilley, L W},
abstractNote = {The reflecting properties of water, Styrofoam, and plexiglas were stadied in critical experiments with 6-in.-thick slabs of aqueous solutions of U0/ sub 2/F/sub 2/ enriched to 93% in U/sub 235/ It was found that Styrofoam is significantly less effective than water as a neutron refiector, since the height of a slab with an effectively infinite Styrofoam reflector (except on top) was reduced by only about 20% from that of the unreflected slab, while the height of a slab with an effectively irfinite water reflector was reduced by more than a fuctor of 3. The effects of placing water, Styrofoam, and plexiglas between two- slab assemblies, both unreflected and waterreflected, were also investigated. (auth)},
doi = {10.2172/4289934},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/4289934}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1958},
month = {Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1958}
}