Experimental determination of proton-induced cross-sections on natural zirconium
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Abstract
We measured cross-sections for the formation of (86g.87m.87g)Y, (88.89g)Zr, and (90.92m)Nb radionuclides for proton-induced reactions on natural zirconium by using a conventional stacked-foil activation technique in the energy range between I and 40MeV at the MC-50 cyclotron of the Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Science. We compared the measured data with the available literature data and the theoretical calculation by the model codes TALYS and ALICE-IPPE. We also deduced the integral yields for thick targets from the measured cross-sections of the produced radionuclides. The optimum production possibility of the medically important (89g)Zr and (86)Y radionuclides were discussed elaborately. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Cyclotrons, *Protons, Radioisotopes/chemistry/isolation & purification, Yttrium/chemistry/isolation & purification, Zirconium/*chemistry/isolation & purification
Divisions
PHYSICS
Publication Title
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Volume
67
Issue
7-8
Publisher
Elsevier
Additional Information
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA