Cross section of the 96Zr(α,n)99Mo reaction induced by α-particles beams on natZr targets

Abstract

The excitation function of the ⁹⁶Zr (α,n)⁹⁹Mo reaction was determined using the stacked-foil activation technique. For the experiments, two stacks with metal foils of Cu, Ti and Zr of natural isotopic composition were irradiated independently with a 27.2 MeV α-particle beam. The characteristics of the primary beam and its verification along each stack were determined according to the well-known ^natCu(α,x)⁶⁵Zn, ^natCu(α,x)^66,67Ga, and ^natTi (α,x)⁵¹Cr monitor reactions. It was deduced that the expected production yield from ⁹⁹Mo by irradiating ⁹⁶Zr targets with a 23.8 MeV alpha particle beam for 1 h is 1.77 MBq/μA. According to the results, irradiation characteristics are proposed to produce ⁹⁹Mo with high specific activity.

Original language	English
Article number	109367
Journal	Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Volume	166
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2020.109367
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020

Keywords

Cyclotron
Excitation function
Molybdenum-99
Radioisotope production
Technetium-99m
Zirconium

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Radiation

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Cross section of the ⁹⁶Zr(α,n)⁹⁹Mo reaction induced by α-particles beams on ^natZr targets

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