Re: neutron pickin time

2004-10-02 Thread Horace Heffner
I neglected to mention that if the film method is used a section of film without the boron coating should be exposed as well, just as a control to provide at least some information as to the source of the radiation. In addition, I suppose it is pretty obvious that a sufficient metal barrier should

Re: neutron pickin time

2004-10-02 Thread Horace Heffner
At 4:28 AM 10/2/4, Nick Reiter wrote: >2. Any last thoughts on a better homebrew neutron >detection scheme? Someone hinted to me recently that >old style D cell batteries with manganese sulphate in >them made a good neutron detector for use with a GM >counter. As you probably know, tubes having

Supra-chemical reactions

2004-10-02 Thread Jones Beene
On the Photo-activity of Chlorine, part II. The Supra-chemical reaction, and its tragic history. Reactions involving bound electrons are by definition chemical. This is not to say that they "must" be of low energy. Combustion, which is a chemical reaction, is typically low energy - i.e. the

neutron pickin time

2004-10-02 Thread Nick Reiter
Gentlemen, I'd like to toss out a couple of generic CF questions to any experimentalists out there. My little cathode glow discharge / sheath plasma reactor is set up and empirically optimized for cathode material (nickel foil "sword") and electrolyte (K2CO3). Been calling it the Wisp-1. I made