Radioactive ion beam production by Isotope Separator On Line method (ISOL) has motivated the
construction of several nuclear facilities over the world. The method consists in impinging solid target
material with beams of stable nucleus. Radioactive nuclei produced during the collision are stopped in
the target material and must diffuse out of it as fast as possible to transform them into ions before their
radioactive decay. The release time must thus be as short as possible to avoid their losses. The release
of the nuclei depends on several parameters, which are related to the chemistry of the atoms in the
target matrix, to the geometry and micro-structure of the target, and to its temperature. In the case of
targets made of grains, we assumed that an optimum grain size of the grains existed. To make possible
its easy determination, we aimed to calculate it analytically. Thus we have built a description of the
propagation of the atoms in the target material, while conserving the different physico-chemical
parameters and avoiding the use of adjustable parameters. The description of the propagation process
will be presented as well as the assumptions. Finally, the optimum grain size will be given for the
radioactive Ar atoms out of graphite.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:31632 |
| Date | 13 September 2018 |
| Creators | Kuchi, V., Jardin, P. |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 3, urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-315695, qucosa:31569 |
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