A study on possible gamma ray interferences from 60mCo, 139Ba and 56Mn formed in the direct thermal neutron irradiation of LaBaCo2O6 e LaBaMn2O6 perovskites to produce 140La(140Ce) probe nuclei for PAC spectroscopy
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INTERNATIONAL TOPICAL MEETING ON INDUSTRIAL RADIATION AND RADIOISOTOPE MEASUREMENT APPLICATIONS, 10th
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In this work, a method to introduce radioactive 140La nuclei with a half-life (t1/2) of 40.8
h, into samples of LaBaTM2O6 (TM = Mn, Co) double perovskites is described to carry
out perturbed gamma-gamma angular correlation (PAC) spectroscopy measurements
using 140La(140Ce) as probe nuclei. There are several methods to insert this probe
nucleus in the samples and the present paper presents a new methodology to obtain
the 140La(140Ce) in the compounds. These compounds were submitted to short
irradiations with thermal neutrons in the rabbit station of IEA-R1 nuclear reactor of the
IPEN/CNEN-SP. This method could be used because natural La is present in samples.
Natural La contains the 139La isotope which, when irradiated with neutrons produces
the 140La radioisotope, the parent radioisotope of 140Ce used for PAC measurements.
However, other elements present in the compounds are also activated, in particular the
isotopes 56Mn, 139Ba and 60mCo. In order to verify if these radioisotopes are presents
in the PAC measurements, the gamma ray spectra of these irradiated samples can be
measured at different decays times using a high resolution HPGe spectrometer.
Samples were irradiated with thermal neutrons for 3 minutes. After short irradiation, the
gamma ray spectra were acquired, one hour, 18 h, 24 h and 48 h after irradiation. The
gamma ray energies of 328.8 keV and 487.0 keV of 140La (measured in the PAC
spectroscopy) can be identified. Besides this, gamma-rays peaks of 56Mn (Eγ of 847.3
and 1812.9 keV and t1/2 of 2.57 h), 139Ba (Eγ of 166.04 keV and t1/2 of 84.63 min)
and 60mCo (Eγ of 58.75 and 1333.30 keV and t1/2 of 10.47 min) are identified too. The
results indicate that PAC measurements can be started after at least 48 h of decay time
when there is in interference of other radioisotopes.
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BOSCH-SANTOS, B.; SAIKI, M.; NASCIMENTO, N.M.; SILVA, D.S.; SALES, T.S.N.; PEREIRA, L.F.D.; CARBONARI, A.W. A study on possible gamma ray interferences from 60mCo, 139Ba and 56Mn formed in the direct thermal neutron irradiation of LaBaCo2O6 e LaBaMn2O6 perovskites to produce 140La(140Ce) probe nuclei for PAC spectroscopy. In: INTERNATIONAL TOPICAL MEETING ON INDUSTRIAL RADIATION AND RADIOISOTOPE MEASUREMENT APPLICATIONS, 10th, July 09-13, 2017, Chicago, IL, USA. Abstract... p. 27-27. Disponível em: http://repositorio.ipen.br/handle/123456789/27947. Acesso em: 28 Feb 2025.
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