Excitation functions of proton induced reactions on natFe in the energy region up to 45 MeV

The excitation functions of various reaction products such as 55,56,57Co, 52Fe, 52,54Mn, and 51Cr in the natFe(p, x) reactions were measured by the stacked-foil activation technique in the energy range between their respective reaction threshold and 45 MeV at the MC-50 cyclotron of the Korean Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Korea. The present experimental data were compared with the existing literature data. It was found that excitation function of 56,57Co and 51Cr from the natFe(p, x) reaction are in agreement with the literature data. However, the cross-sections for natFe(p, x)52Fe reactions are lower and those for natFe(p, x)52Mn and natFe(p, x)54Mn reactions are higher than the literature data. The reaction cross-sections of the above mentioned reaction products were also compared with those from the TENDL-2012 library based on the TALYS-1.4 program as a function of proton energy, which was reproduced the trend of the excitation functions of the experimental natFe(p, x) reaction cross-section. The integral yields for thick target of the investigated radionuclides were calculated from the excitation function