Fabrication and Characterization of the self support enriched 107,109Ag thin targets for heavy ion induced transfer reaction

The enriched, self-supported, and thin isotopic targets of Ag-107 and Ag-109 were fabricated at the target development laboratory, IUAC New-Delhi, using a vacuum deposition facility. The targets were fabricated by the thermal evaporation technique with minimum material consumption. The simple and efficient method for the fabrication of thin targets with high quality without major impurities was discussed in detail. The prepared targets were characterised by using Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry, X-Ray Diffraction, Total-Reflection X-Ray-Fluorescence and Scanning-Electron-Microscope techniques. From the characterizations, it was found that the fabricated targets were quite stable, had the same crystalline nature, the absence of any other elements, and were suitable for nuclear reaction experiments.

Automated summary

Enriched, self-supported, and thin isotopic targets of Ag-107 and Ag-109 were successfully fabricated at the target development laboratory in IUAC New-Delhi using a vacuum deposition facility. A simple and efficient method for the fabrication of high-quality thin targets without impurities was discussed. The fabricated targets were characterized using various techniques and found to be stable and suitable for nuclear reaction experiments.