NUCLEAR REACTION CROSS-SECTION EVALUATION OF ISOTOPES OF SOME ELEMENTS AROUND 14 MeV USING EXIFON CODE

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Nuclear reaction, Cross-Section, EXIFON Code

Abstract

EXIFON 2.0 code was used to calculate the (n, P) of 54Fe, 56Fe, 55Mn, 58Ni, 60Ni, 27Al, 50Cr, and 239Pu. Results of the evaluated excitation functions obtained with the code EXIFON were compared with the ENDF data retrieved from IAEA Nuclear Data section ENDF data library.The results of the evaluated excitation functions agree well with the ENDF data, especially for nuclides with EVEN-EVEN nucleus. The percentage deviation of total cross section from ENDF values obtained for this work is less than 1% for, 58Ni, 50Cr, 56Fe, 55Mn, 60Ni, 27Al and 239Pu except for 54Fewhich is1.81%while for the entire work the percentage deviation of the total cross section from ENDF values obtained is 0.24% . However, these results show good agreement with available measured data.

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2021-11-30

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Mshelmbula, I. A., & Bamikole, J. A. (2021). NUCLEAR REACTION CROSS-SECTION EVALUATION OF ISOTOPES OF SOME ELEMENTS AROUND 14 MeV USING EXIFON CODE. Nigerian Journal of Physics, 30(2), 170-177. https://njp.nipngr.org/index.php/njp/article/view/110

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Vol. 30 No. 2 (2021): Nigerian Journal of Physics - Vol. 30 No. 2

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Mshelmbula, I. A., & Bamikole, J. A. (2021). NUCLEAR REACTION CROSS-SECTION EVALUATION OF ISOTOPES OF SOME ELEMENTS AROUND 14 MeV USING EXIFON CODE. Nigerian Journal of Physics, 30(2), 170-177. https://njp.nipngr.org/index.php/njp/article/view/110