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THE recent development of scintillation counters as high-efficiency detectors of gamma-radiation makes attractive the possibility of detecting neutrons by means of the γ-rays produced in many neutron-induced reactions. Particularly interesting is the detection of the 480-keV. γ-ray given off by the excited lithium-7 in the reaction:
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DUCKWORTH, J., MERRISON, A. & WHITTAKER, A. A High-Efficiency Neutron Detector. Nature 165, 69 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/165069a0
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