Design and calibration of a deep ocean nuclear moisture meter

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Creator	Hurley, James Leo
Abstract	A prototype deep ocean nuclear moisture meter was developed based on the detection of epithermal neutrons backscattered from marine sediment molecules. Development consisted of choosing a source, a detector, containment materials, and associated counting equipment, followed by the construction and calibration of the probe. Thermal neutron response of the probe under various configurations was also studied. Moisture meter performance was predicted by a one-dimensional neutron diffusion code and the results compared with experimental measurements. It was found that a deep ocean probe could be built whose output was not affected by the type and quantities of solids found in a marine environment.
Resource Type	Masters Thesis
Date Available	2014-03-03T21:14:54+00:00
Date Issued	1970-05-01
Degree Level	Master's
Degree Name	Master of Science (M.S.)
Degree Field	Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Degree Grantor	Oregon State University
Commencement Year	1970
Advisor	Ringle, John C.
Academic Affiliation	Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Non-Academic Affiliation	Oregon State University. Graduate School
Subject	Oceanographic instruments
Rights Statement	Copyright Not Evaluated
Publisher	Oregon State University
Peer Reviewed	No
Language	English [eng]
Digitization Specifications	File scanned at 300 ppi using ScandAll PRO 1.8.1 on a Fi-6770A in PDF format. CVista PdfCompressor 5.0 was used for pdf compression and textual OCR.
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/46322

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