Basic studies of a gas-jet-coupled ion source for on-line isotope separation

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5129557

Anderl, R A; Novick, V J; Greenwood, R C

A hollow-cathode ion source was used in a gas-jet-coupled configuration to produce ion beams of fission products transported to it from a /sup 252/Cf fission source. Solid aerosols of NaCl and Ag were used effectively as activity carriers in the gas-jet system. Flat-plate skimmers provided an effective coupling of the ion source to the gas jet. Ge(Li) spectrometric measurements of the activity deposited on an ion-beam collector relative to that deposited on a pre-skimmer collector were used to obtain separation efficiencies ranging from 0.1% to > 1% for Sr, Y, Tc, Te, Cs, Ba, Ce, Pr, Nd and Sm. The use of CCl/sub 4/ as a support gas resulted in a significant enhancement of the alkaline-earth and rare-earth separation efficiencies.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Engineering Lab., Idaho Falls (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 5129557
• Report Number(s): CONF-800870-2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
400703* -- Radiochemistry & Nuclear Chemistry-- Radioisotope Production
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CALIFORNIUM 252
CALIFORNIUM ISOTOPES
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ELEMENTS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
FISSION PRODUCTS
FLUID FLOW
GAS FLOW
GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HEAVY NUCLEI
ION SOURCES
ISOTOPE SEPARATION
ISOTOPES
JETS
LI-DRIFTED DETECTORS
LI-DRIFTED GE DETECTORS
MATERIALS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METALS
NUCLEI
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOISOTOPES
SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SILVER
SODIUM CHLORIDES
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES