Measurement of (n,2n) reaction cross-sections on isotopes of zinc, germanium and scandium in neutron energy range 13.82-14.7 MeV

The cross-sections for the reactions 64Zn(n,2n)63Zn, 76Ge (n,2n)75m+gGe and 45Sc(n,2n)44mSc were measured in the energy range 13.82-14.71 MeV. The activation technique was used in combination with high resolution HPGe detector gamma-ray spectroscopy. Neutrons were produced via D-T reaction at J-25 neutron generator of the Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, AERE, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The neutron flux at each energy was determined using monitor reaction 27Al(n, α)24Na. The nuclear model calculations using the computer codes SINCROS-II and EXIFON were undertaken to describe the excitation functions of the investigated reactions. (author)