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Published on: May 3, 2019
Measurement of excitation function for alpha induced reaction on natural silver up to 40 MeV
D Banerjee1, A Pal2
1Radiochemistry Division (BARC), Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata, 700064, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, PIN, 400094, India.
Abstract:
The stacked-foil irradiation technique and decay γ-ray spectroscopy were employed for the determination of the excitation function of the natAg (α, x) 111In reaction for the production of the medically important 111In-isotope using α-beam of energy ranging from 20 MeV to 40 MeV at K-130 Cyclotron, VECC. Excitation functions for natAg (α, x) 108, 109, 110In reactions were also determined up to 40 MeV. The experimental cross-sections were compared with the available literature and theoretical prediction available in TENDLE-2023 database.
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