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R. E. Howe, J. C. Browne, R. J. Dougan, R. J. Dupzyk, J. H. Landrum
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 77 | Number 4 | April 1981 | Pages 454-462
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A18958
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The fission neutron multiplicity, , of 242mAm(n,f) was measured relative to that of 235U(n,f) using the neutron time-of-flight facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 100-MeV electron Linac. Incident neutron energies ranged from 0.037 to 30 MeV. Fission fragments were detected using two hemispherical ionization chambers each containing ∼400 µg of 99.2% pure 242mAm. A separate fission chamber with 8.3 mg of 235U was situated between the two 242Am chambers and provided a normalization at every data point. Fission neutrons were detected in a liquid benzene scintillator using pulse-shape discrimination to separate gamma rays from neutrons. A comparison of the measured energy dependence of is made with semi-empirical models of neutron emission from the actinides.