Lamarsh Solutions

Chapter-3 Part-1

3.2

n
Flux is independent of angle =   I1  I 2 =2e10+1e10 =3e10 2
cm x sec

Current is dependent on angle ,it defines a vector.If we take the coordinate system as shown below
we can find the current vector at that point

Coordinate system: +I

+j

And the current vectors intersect as;

2e10 300

1e10

J=J1 +J 2
J1 =2e10i ; J 2 =1e10cos(30)i+1e10sin(30)j
J=(2e10+1e10cos(30))i+1e10sin(30)j

3.4

n
3e8
I cm x sec  1364 n
2
(a) n= 
 22e4 cm/sec cm3
(b) This reaction can be shown as,

 Al 27  φ x  x V=R ,a.k.a “reaction rate”.Now calculate the necessary inputs,

2.699
  N x  th  x0.6022e24 x0.23e  24cm 2
26.9815
  0.01385cm1

in here 2.699 is the density of Al and 26.9.. is the mol. weight of Al

m 0.01gr 0.01gr
V  so R  3e8 x0.01385 x  1.539e4 Al27 atoms/sec
 2.699 2.699
(c) Maximum activity can be found using,you remember,

 Al 28  R(1  e t ) 28
and here for the max. act. you set t to infinity and find MAX ACT=R

1.539e4dis / sec
 max  1.539e4dis / sec   4.159e  7Ci
3.7e10
3.7

The probability that a neutron will have its first collision in dx;

p( x)dx
a
  p( x)dx   t et x dx  e t a  e t a / 2
a/2

3.11

Atom densities of components;

i  N a
Ni 
100M i

  NC aC  NCr aCr  N Ni aNi  N Fe aFe we know the percentages as

C  .08wt %
Cr  19 wt %
Ni  10wt %
Fe  70.92wt %
forC  a  0.0034b
forCr  a  3.1b
forNi  a  4.43b
forFe  a  2.55b

You can find these cross sections from table II.3 at the end Lamarsh
 C  N a
NC aC   aC  1.07 106 cm1
100M i

Cr  N a
NCr aCr   aCr  0.0536cm1
100M Cr

Ni  N a
N Ni aNi   aNi  0.0357cm1
100M Ni

Fe  N a
N Fe aFe   aFe  0.155cm1
100M Fe

   0.243cm1

3.14

First let’s look at how the problem 2.63 will be solved,

1 1 i 1 1 70.5 21.3 5.5 2.7

 
M 100 i M i
  (   
M Pu 100 239.05 240.05 241.05 242.06
)  M Pu  239.4548

M PuO2  271.45365 and MUO2  270.0496

Now we should find the percents by weight the amounts of Pu isotopes,U and O in the fuel

239.4548
Puw / o  0.3  0.264636
239.4548  2 x15.99
238.0508
Uw / o  0.7  0.617055
238.0508  2 x15.99
Ow / o  1  (0.264636  0.617055)  0.11839

And using the well known equation to find the atoms ,

0.264636 x0.705
N ( Pu 239 )  x0.6022e24  4.6998e20atoms
239.054
0.264636 x0.213
N ( Pu 240 )  x0.6022e24  1.4135e20atoms
240.054
0.264636 x0.055
N ( Pu 241 )  x0.6022e24  0.3636e20atoms
241.057
0.264636 x0.027
N ( Pu 242 )  x0.6022e24  0.1777e20atoms
242.0587
0.264636 x0.027
N ( Pu 242 )  x0.6022e24  0.1777e20atoms
242.0587
 0.617055
N (U 238 )  x0.6022e24  15.6e20atoms
238.0508
0.11839
N (O)  x0.6022e24  44.367e20atoms
15.99

And now back to 3.14 ,we can find the asked cross sections using the tables for  a and  f which are
thermal and the equation   N

Examine the table below

N/1e20 N/1e20*10.6  a (barns)  f (barns)  a ( cm1 )  f ( cm1 )

atoms
atoms

O 44.367 470.29 0.00027 0 0.000012697 0

U28 15.6 165.36 2.7 0 0.0446 0

Pu239 4.6998 49.81788 1011.3 742.5 5.03808 3.69897

Pu240 1.4135 14.9831 289.5 0.03 0.43376 0.0000449

Pu241 0.3636 3.85416 1377 1009 0.530717 0.38888

Pu242 0.1777 1.88362 18.5 0.2 0.0034846 0.0000376

Total 6.0506543 4.087941

a  6.05065cm1 and  f  4.08794cm1

3.16 will be included to the second part

3.31

Absorption rate:


Fa   n( E ) ( E ) a ( E )dE   a ( E0 )0
0

0  1.5 1013 neutrons / cm2  sec

N  0.03343 1024 atoms / cm3 and   0.664b from Table II.3.

a

 Fa  0.664  0.03343 1.5 1013  3.33 1011 atoms / cm3  sec

3.35
F  a ( E0 )0  0 (Cd
a   a   a )  0 ( a N
In Ag Cd
ga   aIn N In gaIn   aAg N Ag )
Cd Cd

For one gram control rod sample at T=400C;

w/o Weight  a (b) ga N (atoms)

Cd 5 112.4 2450 2.5589 2.6788 104

In 15 114.82 193.5 1.1011 7.8671104

Ag 80 107.87 63.6 ---- 44.6612 104

 Fa  10.66 1013 neutrons / cm3  sec