【正】 The neutron capture cross section for <sup>180</sup>Hf relative to the <sup>197</sup>Au(n,γ)<sup>198</sup>Au reaction ismeasured at neutron energies of 0.52,1.10 and 1.60 MeV using the activation method.Theactivities of the products are measured with a high resolution HPGe detector gamma ray spec-trometer.The errors of the measured results are 5%~6%.Our results have a good agreementwith those of other authors within errors.Cross sections for the reaction are calculated withUNF code and recommended data are also given.