Title of article :
350 keV accelerator-based neutron transmission setup at KFUPM for hydrogen detection
Author/Authors :
Naqvi، نويسنده , , A.A. and Nagadi، نويسنده , , M.M and Khateeb-ur-Rehman and Maslehuddin، نويسنده , , M and Kidwai، نويسنده , , S and Nassar، نويسنده , , R، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
An experimental setup has been developed to determine hydrogen contents of bulk samples using fast neutron transmission technique. Neutrons with 3 MeV energy were produced via D(d, n) reaction. The neutrons transmitted through the sample were detected by a NE213 scintillation detector. Preliminary tests of the setup were carried out using soil samples with different moisture contents. In addition to experimental study, Monte Carlo simulations were carried out to generate calibration curve of the experimental setup. Finally, experimental tests results were compared with the results of Monte Carlo simulations. A good agreement has been obtained between the simulation results and experimental results.
Keywords :
D(d , , 2.8 , n) neutrons source , MeV neutrons , Monte Carlo simulations , Soil samples , Neutron transmission measurement , Moisture determination
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
