Half-life of {sup 232}Pu and excitation function for the {sup 233}U ({sup 3}He,4n){sup 232}Pu reaction

Journal Article · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2000 · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.61.067603· OSTI ID:20216940

Laue, C A ^[1]; Gregorich, K E ^[1]; Sudowe, R ^[1]; Adams, J L ^[1]; Lane, M R ^[1]; Lee, D M ^[1]; McGrath, C A ^[1]; Shaughnessy, D A ^[1]; Strellis, D A ^[1]; Sylwester, E R ^[1]

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1. Nuclear Science Division, MS 70A-3307, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)

The excitation function for the {sup 233}U ({sup 3}He,4n){sup 232}Pu reaction was measured. The maximum production cross section is 6.2{+-}1.5 {mu}b at 32.5{+-}2.2 MeV. The plutonium fraction was chemically separated from interfering activities. The {sup 232}Pu half-life was determined to be 33.1{+-}0.8 min using the interference-free data obtained from {alpha}-{alpha} correlations of daughter activities in equilibrium with the {sup 232}Pu decay. (c) 2000 The American Physical Society.

• OSTI ID: 20216940
• Journal Information: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 61; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ALPHA DECAY
CROSS SECTIONS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HELIUM 3 REACTIONS
NEUTRONS
PLUTONIUM 232
URANIUM 233 TARGET