Hi Larry,
Thanks for the suggestions. Have a few questions though. When you mention bismuth, do you mean the prompt gamma capture peaks or the gammas from decaying Bi-210? Unfortunately bismuth has an abysmally low cross-section and resonance integral.
About the neutron multiplication: my understanding (and I have not looked into this thoroughly) is that these reactions [ (n, 2n) etc.] require very high energy neutrons and have very low cross sections. If anything were to amplify the neutron emission from the fusor significantly, it would be a fissile material like U-235. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Sodium and chlorine are worth a try simply because they are so common and readily available.
I'm not expecting to see much from strontium due to its low cross-section and the fact that Sr-89 has a very long half life. I do have strontium nitrate for making fireworks but I don't think it's going to get any runtime on the fusor until the rest of my high-priority linup gets its turn.
Cadmium is already on the top of my list for prompt gamma emissions. Here is the rest of the current lineup:
Gold
Cobalt
Silver
Uranium
Aluminum...still at it
Tungsten and Vanadium if I can find any significant amounts of either.
Please let me know if you can think of any more good stuff to toss on the neutron barbeque!
-Carl |
2003-02-21 22:49 Iodine Activation 
(Carl Willis) [Latest: 2003-02-24 11:46]
2003-02-22 13:48 Re: Iodine Activation (Carl Willis)