Excitation function measurements and integral yields estimation for natZn(p,x) reactions at low energies

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1101-1107

  Al Saleh, F S ^a   Al Mugren, K S ^a   Azzam, A ^b  

^a Girls College of Education Riyadh   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

natZn(p,x) reactions; Activation cross section; Excitation function; Natural zinc; Proton; Stacked foil

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION CROSS SECTION; EXCITATION FUNCTIONS; NATURAL ZINC; STACKED FOILS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; GRAPH THEORY; PROTONS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

PHOTOEXCITATION;

GALLIUM 67; GALLIUM 68; INDIUM 111; IODINE 123; PROTON; RADIOISOTOPE; THALLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC 62; ZINC 65;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CROSS REACTION; EXCITATION; HALF LIFE TIME; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; NUCLEAR REACTOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY;

GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; PROTONS; RADIONUCLIDE GENERATORS; ZINC; ZINC RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 34548233625     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Al-Abyad, M.E., 2003. Nuclear reactions studies on some natural targets using cyclotron. Master Thesis, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Egypt.
2. Al-Saleh F.S., Al-Harbi A.A., and Azzam A. Excitation functions of proton induced nuclear reactions on natural copper using medium-size cyclotron. Radiochim. Acta 94 (2006) 391
3. Al-Saleh F.S., AL-Mugren Kh.S., and Azzam A. Excitation functions of (p,x) reactions on natural nickel between proton energies of 2.7 and 27.5 MeV. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 65 (2007) 104
4. Anderson H.H., and Ziegler J.F. Hydrogen Stopping Powers and Ranges in All Elements. Handbook of Stopping Cross Sections or Energetic Ions and Elements vol. 3 (1977), Pergamon Press, New York
5. Barandon, J.N., Debrun, J.L., Kohn, A., Spear, R.H., 1975. Etude du dosage de Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Ni, Cu, et Zn par activation avec des protons d'energie limitee a 20 MeV. Nucl. Instr. and Meth. 127, 269. Exfor: O0086.
6. Bonardi M., and Birattari C. Optimization of irradiation parameters for Ga-67 production from Zn(p,xn) nuclear reactions. J. Radioanal. Chem. 76 (1983) 311
7. Chu, S.Y.F., Ekstrom, L.P., Firestone, R.B., 1999. WWW table of radioactive isotopes. Database Version 1999-02-28 from 〈http://nucleardata.nuclear.Iu.Se/nucleardata〉.
8. Dmitriev, P.P., 1986. INDC(CCP)-263/G+CN+SZ. IAEA, Vienna.
9. Gandarias-Cruz, D., Okamoto, K., 1988. INDC(NDS)-209/GZ.IAEA. Vienna, Austria.
10. 66Ga as a positron emitting label of albumin colloids for clinical use. Eur. J. Nucl. Med. 14 (1988) 152
11. Guide to Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement, 1993. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva. ISBN 92-67-10188-9.
12. Gul, K., Hermanne, A., Mustafa, M.G., Nortier, F.M., Oblozinsky, P., Qaim, S.M., Scholten, B., Shubin, Yu.N., Takács, S., Tárkányi, F., Zhuang, Y., 2001. Charged particle cross section database for medical radioisotope production, IAEA-TECDOC-1211. IAEA, Vienna, Austria.
13. 67Ga nuclear reactions for the development of a reference data base. J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 240 (1999) 623
14. Hoffer P.B. Status of gallium-67 in tumor detection. J. Nucl. Med. 21 (1980) 394
15. 67Ga for proton reactions in natural zinc. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 41 (1990) 606
16. 68Zn (p,2n) reactions. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 34 (1983) 631
17. natGa up to 100 MeV. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 42 (1991) 353
18. Noujaim A.A., Terner UK., Turner C.J., Van Nieuwenhuyzez B., and Lentle B.C. Alterations of gallium-67 uptake in tumors by cis-platinum. Int. J. Nucl. Med. Biol. 8 (1981) 289
19. Qaim S.M. Cyclotron production of generator radio-nuclides. Radiochim. Acta 41 (1987) 111
20. Qaim S.M. Nuclear data for medical applications: an overview. Radiochim. Acta 89 (2001) 189
21. Qaim, S.M., Tárkányi, F., Oblozinsky, P., Gul, K., Hermanne, A., Mustafa, M.G., Nortier, M., Scholten, B., Shubin, Yu.N., Takács, S., Zhuang, Y., 2002. Charged-particle cross section database for medical radioisotope production. J. Nucl. Sci. Technol., Suppl. 2, 1282 and also available from 〈http://www-nds.iaea.or.at/medical/〉.
22. Ruth T.J., Pate B.D., Robertson R., and Porter J.K. Radionuclide production for the biosciences. Nucl. Med. Biol. 16 (1989) 323
23. 68Ga production using Zn target up to 30 MeV proton energy. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 45 (1994) 473
24. 68Zn(p,2n) nuclear reactions. In: Dahl, J.R., Ferrieri, R., Finn, R., Schlyer, D.J. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on Targetry and Target Chemistry, Long Island, New York, USA, 19-23 September 1993, BNL, Upton, pp. 234.
25. 66,67,68Zn+p reactions up to 26 MeV. In: Dickens, J.K. (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Gatlinburg, TN, USA, 9-13 May 1994. American Nuclear Society, Inc., La Grange Park, pp. 393.
26. Szelecsényi F., Boothe T.E., Takács S., Tárkányi F., and Tavano E. evaluation cross section and thick target yield data bases of Zn +p processes for practical applications. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 49 (1998) 1005
27. 62Cu generator. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 58 (2003) 377
28. 67Ga nuclear reactions up to 100 MeV. Nucl. Instr. and Meth. Phys. Res. Sec. B: Beam Interact. Mater. Atoms 234 (2005) 375
29. Takács S., Tárkányi F., and Hermanne A. Validation and upgrading of the recommended cross-section data of charged particle reactions: gamma emitter radioisotopes. Nucl. Instr. and Meth. Phys. Res. Sec. B: Beam Interact. Mater. Atoms 240 (2005) 790
30. 66Ga. Radiochim. Acta 50 (1990) 19
31. Tárkányi F., Ditrói F., Csikai J., Takács S., Uddin M.S., Hagiwara M., Baba M., Shubin Yu.N., and Dityuk A.I. Activation cross-sections of long-lived products of proton-induced nuclear reactions on zinc. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 62 (2005) 73
32. Taylor D.M., and McCready V.R. In Nuclear Techniques in Diagnostic Medicine (1986), Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht p.369.
33. Williamson, C.F., Boujot, J.P., Picard, J., 1966. Tables of range and stopping power of chemical elements for charged particles of energy 0.5 to 500 MeV. CEA-R 3042, pp. 1-370, 〈http://T2.Lanl.of/Data/Data.Html〉 T-2 Nuclear Information Service.