Published May 1987 | Version v1
Journal article

The Chalk River helium-jet ion source

  • 1. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Chalk River, Ontario. Chalk River Nuclear Labs.

Description

A helium-jet coupled ion source has been built for the Chalk River on-line isotope separator. The source is characterized by slit geometry, small volume, large exit-to-entrance ratio, and high source temperature. To date, it has been tested with eighteen isotopes of twelve elements, ranging in halflife from 2.2 s to 1 h. A source efficiency of between 1% and 10%, as compared to the yield of a helium-jet transfer system of similar dimensions, has been measured. Besides the good yield, the most noteworthy properties of the source are its insensitivity to the presence of helium and its fast response to a change in feed material. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
1-3
Series
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B.
Journal Page Range
321-327
ISSN
0168-583X
CODEN
NIMBE

Conference

Title
11. international conference on electromagnetic isotope separators and techniques related to their applications.
Dates
18-22 Aug 1986.
Place
Los Alamos, NM (USA).