Experimental Investigations of Alpha Particle Irradiation of Natural Nickel

Abstract

Attempts have been made to measure the activity in irradiated natural Ni material induced by α-particles in the energy range 10-40 MeV followed by stack foil activation technique. Activity induced has been determined through the cross-sections obtained from various reactions for ⁵⁸Ni(<em>α, p</em>)⁶¹Cu, ⁵⁸Ni(<em>α, pn</em>)⁶⁰Cu, ⁶⁰Ni(<em>α, p</em>2<em>n</em>)⁶¹Cu, ⁶⁰Ni(<em>α, n</em>)⁶³Zn, ⁶⁰Ni(<em>α, </em>2<em>n</em>)⁶²Zn,⁶¹Ni (<em>α, </em>3<em>n</em>)⁶²Zn and ⁶¹Ni(<em>α, </em>2<em>n</em>)⁶³Zn in α+^natNi interaction at different beam energies has been found to vary from 10-26 microns.