Title of article
Measurements of water content in geological samples using transmission of fast neutrons
Author/Authors
Nordlund، نويسنده , , Anders and Lindén، نويسنده , , Per and Pَr، نويسنده , , Gabor and Solymar، نويسنده , , Mikael and Dahl، نويسنده , , Berit، نويسنده ,
Pages
6
From page
457
To page
462
Abstract
Experiments have been performed to investigate the possibilities of using neutron transmission measurements to determine water content of geological sandstone samples. A beam of 14 MeV neutrons produced by a neutron generator was attenuated by different samples of sandstone and subsequently detected with plastic scintillators. Each sample was saturated with water and the difference in neutron attenuation between dry and wet sample was compared with the water content determined by mass balance of the sample. The measurements were found to be in good agreement with Monte Carlo calculations using MCNP.
Keywords
Neutron attenuation , Hydrogeology
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
2015599
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