Spallation-Fission Competition in Heaviest Elements; Helium IonInduced Reactions in Plutonium Isotopes
Excitation functions have been determined for the spallation and fission reactions induced in plutonium isotopes by 20 to 50 Mev helium ions. The method employed consisted of cyclotron bombardments of plutonium oxide followed by the chemical isolation and alpha or beta counting of radioactive reaction products. Formation cross sections are given where possible for the curium and americium spallation products corresponding to ({alpha},n), ({alpha},2n), ({alpha},3n), ({alpha},4n), ({alpha}5n), ({alpha},p), ({alpha},pn or d), ({alpha},p2n or t), and ({alpha},p3n) reactions in Pu{sup 238} , Pu{sup 239}, and Pu{sup 242}. Fission yield curves and fission cross sections for Pu{sup 238} and Pu{sup 239} serve to define the characteristics of the ({alpha},f) reaction for plutonium isotopes. Chemical procedures are outlined for the separation of both spallation and fission product elements in a sequence of operations performed on the entire dissolved target.
- Research Organization:
- Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley NationalLaboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USAEC
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 915452
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL--3437
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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