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(α, p) 61Cu, 58Ni(α, pn) 60Cu, 60Ni(α, p2n) 61Cu, 60Ni(α, n) 63Zn, 60Ni(α, 2n) 62Zn,61Ni (α, 3n) 62Zn and 61Ni(α, 2n) 63Zn in α+natNi interaction at different beam energies has been found to vary from 10-26 microns.