Abstract
The high energy secondary neutron flux produced by 500–650 MeV protons at the beam stop of the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility (LAMPF) is evaluated for use in measuring the micro distribution of thorium in geologic materials, e.g. in individual mineral grains, ⪆50 μ m in size. The relative Th/U fission rate is found to be 0.5 with a Th track production rate of 1.2×10 4 tracks/cm 2·ppm·mAh. The background of long interaction tracks (⩽10 μm) limits the sensitivity of this method to samples of 3–5 ppm Th. We find a similar background of long interaction tracks in a LAMPF proton irradiation.
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