Radiochemical Determination of Long-Lived Radionuclides in Proton-Irradiated Heavy Metal Targets: Part II Tungsten

Anal Chem. 2021 Aug 10;93(31):10798-10806. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00640. Epub 2021 Jul 28.

Abstract

In this study, proton-irradiated tungsten targets, up to 2.6 GeV, were investigated for the purpose of the experimental cross-section measurements. Radiochemical separation methods were applied to isolate the residual long-lived alpha-emitters 148Gd, 154Dy, and 146Sm and the beta-emitters 129I and 36Cl from proton-irradiated tungsten targets. The molecular plating technique has been applied to prepare 148Gd, 154Dy, and 146Sm samples for alpha-spectrometry. Production cross-sections of 129I and 36Cl were determined by means of accelerator mass spectrometry. The results are compared with theoretical predictions, obtained with the INCL++-ABLA07 codes, showing good agreement for 36Cl and 148Gd, while a factor of 4 difference was observed for 154Dy, similar to the results obtained for tantalum targets.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Protons*
  • Radiochemistry
  • Radioisotopes
  • Tantalum
  • Tungsten*

Substances

  • Protons
  • Radioisotopes
  • Tantalum
  • Tungsten