// Example 3.3 clear all; clc; // Given data // Using the data given in the example 3.1 N = 0.08*10^(24); // Atom density of Carbon-12 in atoms/cm^3 // 1 barn = 10^(-24) cm^2 sigma = 2.6*10^(-24); // Cross section of carbon-12 in cm^2 I = 5*10^8; // Intensity of neutron beam in neutrons/cm^2-sec // 1. // Calculation SIGMAt = N*sigma; // Result printf('\n Macroscopic cross section of carbon-12 = %3.2f cm^(-1)\n',SIGMAt); //2. // Calculation F= I*SIGMAt; // Result printf('\n Collision density in the carbon-12 target = %3.2E collisions/cm^(3)-sec\n',F);