Determination of 13C/12C ratios with (d, p) nuclear reactions

Y. Q. Wang; J. Zhang; J. R. Tesmer; Y. H. Li; R. Greco; G. P. Grim; A. W. Obst; R. S. Rundberg; J. B. Wilhelmy

doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2010.02.060

Determination of ¹³C/¹²C ratios with (d, p) nuclear reactions

Y. Q. Wang
, J. Zhang
, J. R. Tesmer
, Y. H. Li
, R. Greco
, G. P. Grim
, A. W. Obst
, R. S. Rundberg
, J. B. Wilhelmy

Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Stable isotope ratios such as ¹³C/¹²C play an important role in many applications including environment and energy research. Since many surface analysis techniques are plagued with unavoidable hydrocarbon contamination issues during analysis, it is highly desirable that ¹³C and ¹²C isotopes be measured simultaneously especially in specimens with a minute amount of ¹³C, in order to reliably determine ¹³C/¹²C ratios. In this paper, we report that deuterium induced proton particle reactions, ¹³C(d, p)¹⁴C and ¹²C(d, p)¹³C, provide a convenient and reliable approach for ¹³C/¹²C ratio determination. Optimizations on experimental considerations and potential interferences from other common light isotopes are discussed as well as results from the application of this technique to diagnose the performance of a target debris collection in an inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2099-2103
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume	268
Issue number	11-12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2010.02.060
State	Published - Jun 1 2010

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