An experimental investigation of M-subshell fluorescence yields and of the L/sub 1/-L/sub 3/ radiative transition in neptunium and curium from the radioactive decays of /sup 241/Am and /sup 249/Cf
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6605051
The construction and performance of a wall-less multiwire proportional counter (MWPC) is described. The absolute emission rate of M x rays from a /sup 241/Am source was measured with the MWPC and with a single-wire proportional counter and a value of (6.35 +- 0.60) x 10/sup -2/ M x rays per decay, or (0.470 +- 0.045) M x rays per L/sub ..cap alpha../ x ray is obtained. High resolution Ge(Li) and Si(Li) x-ray spectrometers and the multiwire proportional counter (MWPC) were used for measuring coincidences, respectively, between various L x rays and the M x rays of neptunium (Z = 93) from a /sup 241/Am source. In addition, M x rays of curium from a /sup 249/Cf source were measured with a Si(Li) detector in coincidence with various K and L x rays detected with a Ge(Li) spectrometer. 81 refs., 24 figs., 23 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta (USA). School of Nuclear Engineering
- DOE Contract Number:
- AS05-76ER03346
- OSTI ID:
- 6605051
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/03346-70; ORO-3346-70; ON: DE87007995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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640302* -- Atomic
Molecular & Chemical Physics-- Atomic & Molecular Properties & Theory
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ACTINIDES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
AMERICIUM 241
AMERICIUM ISOTOPES
AUGER EFFECT
CALIFORNIUM 249
CALIFORNIUM ISOTOPES
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
COINCIDENCE METHODS
COSTER-KRONIG TRANSITIONS
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
CURIUM
DATA
DECAY
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE
ELEMENTS
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
HEAVY NUCLEI
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
L SHELL
LI-DRIFTED DETECTORS
LI-DRIFTED GE DETECTORS
LI-DRIFTED SI DETECTORS
M SHELL
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METALS
MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS
NEPTUNIUM
NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIOISOTOPES
SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
SI SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
TRANSPLUTONIUM ELEMENTS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
X-RAY EMISSION ANALYSIS
X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Molecular & Chemical Physics-- Atomic & Molecular Properties & Theory
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ACTINIDES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
AMERICIUM 241
AMERICIUM ISOTOPES
AUGER EFFECT
CALIFORNIUM 249
CALIFORNIUM ISOTOPES
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
COINCIDENCE METHODS
COSTER-KRONIG TRANSITIONS
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
CURIUM
DATA
DECAY
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE
ELEMENTS
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
HEAVY NUCLEI
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
L SHELL
LI-DRIFTED DETECTORS
LI-DRIFTED GE DETECTORS
LI-DRIFTED SI DETECTORS
M SHELL
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METALS
MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS
NEPTUNIUM
NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIOISOTOPES
SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
SI SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
TRANSPLUTONIUM ELEMENTS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
X-RAY EMISSION ANALYSIS
X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES