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Inkjet droplets of radioactive material enable quick, precise testing at NIST
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a technique called cryogenic decay energy spectrometry capable of detecting single radioactive decay events from tiny material samples and simultaneously identifying the atoms involved. In time, the technology could replace characterization tasks that have taken months and could support rapid, accurate radiopharmaceutical development and used nuclear fuel recycling, according to an article published on July 8 by NIST.
Jingshang Zhang
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 116 | Number 1 | January 1994 | Pages 35-41
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE93-28
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On the basis of successful studies on the pickup mechanism of composite particle emission and the angular distribution of single-nucleon emissions, a theoretical method for calculating the doubledifferential cross section of alpha-particle emissions is proposed. As an example, the double-differential cross sections of alpha particles in the neutron-induced 56Fe(n,xα) reaction have been calculated at En = 14.5 MeV. The theoretical results reproduce the experimental data successfully.
