A Sigma Pile was constructed to serve as a laboratory facility at V.P.I.
Reproducible foil positions are possible with the positioning plates installed on the pile.
Withdrawal of the two outer blocks in each foil channel is facilitated by a coupling mechanism.
Five source positions permit operation with reduced harmonics.
The neutron distribution in the pile was proven to be symmetric by horizontal and vertical traverses.
By means of a diffusion length measurement, which gave an "L” of 54.5 ± 2 cm, and a Fermi Age measurement, which gave a "r” of 357 ± 5 cm², the parameters of the pile were shown to be in good agreement with published data on graphite. / Master of Science
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/53017 |
| Date | January 1958 |
| Creators | Anthony, Lee Saunders |
| Contributors | Nuclear Engineering Physics |
| Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | 68 leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 25936591 |
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