Irfu-17-05 |
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Determination of the boron content in polyethylene samples using the reactor Orphee |
F. Gunsing, A. Menelle,, O. Aberle |
The boron content of two unknown types of polyethylene has been determined relative to a known reference type. Samples of polyethylene, including a known boron-less one, were irradiated with thermal neutrons at the reactor Orph´ee at Saclay in France. Prompt gamma rays were measured with a CeBr3 detector and the intensity of the 478 keV line from the 10B(n,a1g)7Li* reaction was extracted for each sample. |