New measurement of excitation functions for (p,x) reactions on Mo-nat with special regard to the formation of Tc-95m, Tc96m+g, Tc-99m and Mo-99

0356405 - ÚJF 2011 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Lebeda, Ondřej - Pruszynski, M.
New measurement of excitation functions for (p,x) reactions on Mo-nat with special regard to the formation of Tc-95m, Tc96m+g, Tc-99m and Mo-99.
Applied Radiation and Isotopes. Roč. 68, č. 12 (2010), s. 2355-2365. ISSN 0969-8043
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10480505
Keywords : Cross-sections * Tc-99m * Mo-99
Subject RIV: BG - Nuclear, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Colliders
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Cross-sections for the proton induced reactions on natural molybdenum leading to Tc-93m, Tc-94, Tc-95, Tc-95m, Tc96m+g. Tc-99m, Mo-90, Mo-93m, Mo-99, Nb90m+g, Nb-92m, Nb-95 and Zr89m+g were measured in the proton energy range 8.4-37.1 MeV on the cyclotron U-120M at the Institute of Nuclear Physics AS CR. Special attention was paid to excitation functions and thick target yields for the formation of Tc-95m, a suitable tracer for Tc-99, of Tc96m+g, which was proposed as a proton beam monitor, and of Tc-99m and Mo-99, the most widespread radionuclide generator pair in nuclear medicine. If appropriate, obtained data are compared with the heretofore published cross-sections.
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