Production of Californium-252 by Using Reverse Reaction Technology

Aqeel L. Oudah; Sameera  A. Ebrahiem; Khalid  H. Mahdi

doi:10.30526/38.1.4008

Authors

Aqeel L. Oudah Department of Physics, College of Education for Pure Science (Ibn Al-Haitham), University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6818-4437
Sameera A. Ebrahiem Department of Physics, College of Education for Pure Science (Ibn Al-Haitham), University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1900-2810
Khalid H. Mahdi Department of Physics, University of Karabuk, Karabuk, Turkey https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1995-6892

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30526/38.1.4008

Keywords:

cross sections , nuclear reactions , radioisotopes, energy, reverse reaction

Abstract

In the current work, Calculate cross sections for ²⁵²Cf (α,3n)²⁵³Fm reaction Use of interpolation and cross-section sampling published in the international literature to select the appropriate interaction of ground-level energies in a computer-based program (MATALAB-17.0) , in steps of energies (0.2 Million electron volts). Given the importance of the ²⁵²Cf isotope and its entry into the industrial and medical fields, there was a need to determine the energy of the incident neutron to produce this isotope, relying on the masses of the entering and leaving particles and the values of angular momentum to obtain an equation and according to the theory of the opposite reaction. The reaction cross sections (²⁵³Fm (3n,α) ²⁵²Cf) were calculated using the opposite reaction theory for the energy range (3.9789-14.538)MeV. The results show that the probability values increase with the neutron's energy smoothly. The results show that cross-section values are almost constant for the energy range limited to (8.5-14)MeV. The results were plotted and tabulated using MATLAB 17.0. Also, the values obtained for the reaction cross sections ²⁵³Fm (3n,α) ²⁵²Cf through which the CF is produced. Semi-empirical equations were obtained for the relationship between energy and cross-section.

Author Biographies

Aqeel L. Oudah, Department of Physics, College of Education for Pure Science (Ibn Al-Haitham), University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.

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Sameera A. Ebrahiem, Department of Physics, College of Education for Pure Science (Ibn Al-Haitham), University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.

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Khalid H. Mahdi, Department of Physics, University of Karabuk, Karabuk, Turkey

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