We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Production and separation of <sup>163</sup>Ho for nuclear physics experiments.
- Authors
Heinitz, S.; Kivel, N.; Schumann, D.; Köster, U.; Balata, M.; Biasotti, M.; Ceriale, V.; De Gerone, M.; Faverzani, M.; Ferri, E.; Gallucci, G.; Gatti, F.; Giachero, A.; Nisi, S.; Nucciotti, A.; Orlando, A.; Pessina, G.; Puiu, A.; Ragazzi, S.
- Abstract
This paper describes the production and chemical separation of the 163Ho isotope that will be used in several nuclear physics experiments aiming at measuring the neutrino mass as well as the neutron cross section of the 163Ho isotope. For this purpose, several batches of enriched 162Er have been irradiated at the Institut Laue-Langevin high flux reactor to finally produce 6 mg or 100 MBq of the desired 163Ho isotope. A portion of the Er/Ho mixture is then subjected to a sophisticated chemical separation involving ion exchange chromatography to isolate the Ho product from the Er target material. Before irradiation, a thorough analysis of the impurity content was performed and its implication on the produced nuclide inventory will be discussed.
- Subjects
SEPARATION (Technology); NEUTRON cross sections; COLLISIONS (Nuclear physics); ISOTOPES; ION exchange (Chemistry)
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2018, Vol 13, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0200910