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Theoretical analysis of light and heavy-ion induced reactions: production of medically relevant 97Ru

  • Malvika Sagwal ORCID logo and Moumita Maiti ORCID logo EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: February 14, 2024
Radiochimica Acta
From the journal Radiochimica Acta Volume 112 Issue 7-8

Abstract

97Ru is a key radionuclide sought for diagnostic imaging due to its low-energy and intense γ-rays of 215.7 keV and 324.5 keV. New reaction routes to produce this radionuclide are constantly being investigated. A crucial step in carrying out such reactions is a reliable beforehand estimate of the production cross section of radionuclide and optimization conditions through robust theoretical frameworks. Existing literature on α + 95Mo reaction has been freshly examined to understand the excitation function of 97Ru. The data have been compared to other reactions of different projectiles on medium-mass targets. The reaction codes pace4, empire-3.2.2, and talys-1.96 have been employed to decipher the reaction mechanism and check the predictive ability of underlying theoretical models. The yield of 97Ru at different projectile energies and thick target yield in the optimum energy range has also been determined from the theoretical modeling.

Keywords: 97Ru production; α-induced reaction on 95Mo; empire-3.2.2; talys-1.96; preequilibrium process; thick target yield
Corresponding author: Moumita Maiti, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India, E-mail:

Acknowledgment

MS sincerely thanks the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, for providing financial support during research.

  1. Research ethics: Not applicable.

  2. Informed consent: Not applicable.

  3. Author contributions: Malvika Sagwal: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft. Moumita Maiti: Conceptualization, Investigation, Visualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing.

  4. Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

  5. Research funding: None declared.

  6. Data availability: Not applicable

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Received: 2023-07-23
Accepted: 2023-09-10
Published Online: 2024-02-14
Published in Print: 2024-08-27

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ract-2023-0199
Keywords for this article
97Ru production; α-induced reaction on 95Mo; empire-3.2.2; talys-1.96; preequilibrium process; thick target yield

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Preface
  3. NUCAR-2023: Foreword
  4. Research Articles
  5. Theoretical analysis of light and heavy-ion induced reactions: production of medically relevant 97Ru
  6. Excitation functions of alpha-particle induced nuclear reactions on nat Sn
  7. Non-destructive assay of plutonium in absence of gamma-ray spectrometry
  8. Catalytic destruction of oxalate in the supernatant stream generated during plutonium reconversion process
  9. Quantification of Zr in simulated dissolver solution of U–Zr fuel by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
  10. Radiochemical and chemical characterization of fuel, salt, and deposit from the electrorefining of irradiated U-6 wt% Zr in hot cells
  11. Zirconium sponge production: an integrated approach for chemical characterization of process intermediates using ICP-OES
  12. Determination of 10B/11B in boric acid and B4C using LA-ICPMS
  13. Evaluating sustainability of Bhuj aquifer system, Western India using nuclear dating techniques
  14. Nanocrystalline Ce(OH)4-based materials: ruthenium selective adsorbent for highly alkaline radioactive liquid waste
  15. Production and radiochemical separation of 68Ge from irradiated Ga–Ni alloy target in 30 MeV cyclotron
  16. Preparation of [64Cu]Cu–NOTA complex as a potential renal PET imaging agent using 64Cu produced via the direct activation route
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  18. Rapid screening technique for gross α and gross β estimations in aqueous samples during radiation emergency
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