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Scientific paper
Jun 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000stin...0057014s&link_type=abstract
Technical Report, NASA/TP-2000-210281; NAS 1,60:210281; L-17773
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Alloys, Hydrogen, Technology Assessment, Radiation Shielding, Slabs, Scattering, Amount, Carbon, Monte Carlo Method, Neutrons, Particle Beams
Scientific paper
Various candidate aircraft and spacecraft materials were analyzed and compared in a low-energy neutron environment using the Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) transport code with an energy range up to 20 MeV. Some candidate materials have been tested in particle beams, and others seemed reasonable to analyze in this manner before deciding to test them. The two metal alloys analyzed are actual materials being designed into or used in aircraft and spacecraft today. This analysis shows that hydrogen-bearing materials have the best shielding characteristics over the metal alloys. It also shows that neutrons above 1 MeV are reflected out of the face of the slab better by larger quantities of carbon in the material. If a low-energy absorber is added to the material, fewer neutrons are transmitted through the material. Future analyses should focus on combinations of scatterers and absorbers to optimize these reaction channels and on the higher energy neutron component (above 50 MeV).
Singleterry Robert C. Jr.
Thibeault Sheila A.
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