Measured activation cross sections below 10 MeV for the V(n, p)Ti and V(n, α)Sc reactions

The activation method is used to measure cross sections for the ⁵¹V(n, p)⁵¹Ti reaction from E_n = 2.856 to 9.267 MeV and for the ⁵¹V(n, α)⁴⁸Sc reaction from 5.515 to 9.567 MeV. Both measurements utilize ENDF/B-V evaluated neutron-induced fission cross sections of ²³⁸U as a standard. The experimental results from this work are compared with corresponding ENDF/B-V evaluated cross sections for V and substantial differences are evident. The most significant difference is a tendency for the measured values to exceed evaluated ones by as much as 50% in the vicinity of 8 MeV.