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Production possibility of 186Re via the 192Os(p,α3n)186Re nuclear reaction

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Experimentally measured cross-sections are presented for the first time for the 192Os(p,α3n)186Re nuclear reaction up to 67 MeV. Highly enriched thin 192Os targets (15 pcs), prepared by electro-deposition onto Cu backings, were irradiated with an external proton beam delivered by the SSC cyclotron of iThemba LABS. The excitation function curve of the 192Os(p,α3n)186Re reaction shows a maximum cross-section of ~82 mb at about 24 MeV. According to the yield calculations based on the present results, the available cumulative no-carrier-added 186Re yield is 7.76 MBq/μAh (0.21 mCi/μAh) over the energy region 13.4 → 27.3 MeV.

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The authors would like to thank the accelerator staff of iThemba LABS for providing the proton beam. This work was financially supported by the Hungarian Research Foundation (OTKA K60223) and the National Research Foundation in South Africa (UID 62122) under a bilateral S&T agreement between Hungary and South Africa.

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  1. Cyclotron Department, Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), Bem tér 18/c, 4026, Debrecen, Hungary

    F. Szelecsényi & Z. Kovács

  2. Radionuclide Production Group, iThemba LABS, P.O. Box 722, Somerset West, 7129, South Africa

    G. F. Steyn, K. Aardaneh & C. Vermeulen

  3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Cape Peninsula, University of Technology, P.O. Box 1906, Bellville, 7535, South Africa

    T. N. van der Walt

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Szelecsényi, F., Steyn, G.F., Kovács, Z. et al. Production possibility of 186Re via the 192Os(p,α3n)186Re nuclear reaction. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 282, 261 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-009-0147-y

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