KJM5911 Lab Exercise 4 - Szilard-Chalmers Reaction and Liquid-Scintillation Counting

Learning Goals

After this exercise, you should know about and understand the following topics:

• The difference between radioactivity with or without carrier.
  
• Szilard-Chalmers method to produce carrier-free radioactive halides.
  

Theory

• Yield in Neutron Activation and Nuclear Reactions
  
• Neutrons
• The ²³⁸Pu/⁹Be n-source
• Nucleus Recoil-Energy in Neutron Capture Reactions
• Szilard-Chalmers Reaction