Cross-sections of a few (n,α) and (n,p) reactions induced at 14.7 MeV neutrons

Cross-sections of the nuclear reactions²⁷Al(n, p)²⁷Mg,³⁰Si(n, α)²⁷Mg,⁵²Cr(n, p)⁵²V,⁵³Cr(n, p)⁵³V,⁵⁴Cr(n, p)⁵⁴V,⁵⁴Cr(n, α)⁵¹Ti and¹²⁰Sn(n, α)¹¹⁷Cd at 14.7 Mev neutrons were measured using⁵⁶Fe(n, p)⁵⁶Mn and²⁷Al(n, α)²⁴Na as monitor reactions. For comparison, theoretical values of the cross-section for these reactions were also obtained through different approaches of compound nucleus theory and computer code Alice. Accuracies achieved in the present measured values of the cross-sections are better than those available in literature.