PT Journal
AU n_TOF Collaboration (Praena, Jea
   Domingo-Pardo, C
   Giubrone, G
   Tain, JL
   Tarifeño-Saldivia, A
TI Preparation and characterization of S-33 samples for S-33(n,alpha)Si-30 cross-section measurements at the n_TOF facility at CERN
SO Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A
JI Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A
PY 2018
BP 142
EP 147
VL 890
DI 10.1016/j.nima.2018.02.055
LA English
DE Neutron induced alpha emission; Thermal evaporation; Rutherford backscattering
AB Thin S-33 samples for the study of the S-33(n,alpha)Si-30 cross-section at the n_TOF facility at CERN were made by thermal evaporation of S-33 powder onto a dedicated substrate made of kapton covered with thin layers of copper, chromium and titanium. This method has provided for the first time bare sulfur samples a few centimeters in diameter. The samples have shown an excellent adherence with no mass loss after few years and no sublimation in vacuum at room temperature. The determination of the mass thickness of S-33 has been performed by means of Rutherford backscattering spectrometry. The samples have been successfully tested under neutron irradiation.
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