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R. B. Perez, G. de Saussure, E. G. Silver, R. W. Ingle, H. Weaver
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 55 | Number 2 | October 1974 | Pages 203-218
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE74-A28207
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The fission cross section of 235U was measured for incident-neutron energies between 2 and 100 keV using an electron LINAC pulsed source of neutrons and the time-of-flight technique. The fission events were characterized by coincidence between the pulses of a fission chamber, placed at the center of a large scintillation tank, and gamma-ray events registered in the tank. The incident-neutron spectrum versus energy was monitored by a BF3 ionization chamber and checked with a 6Li-glass neutron detector. The cross sections were normalized to a value of 31 643 b-eV for the fission integral between 2 and 10 keV.