Isotopically Enriched 192Os Target Preparation using the Electron-gun Beam Method at Target Preparation Laboratory, Daresbury, UK.

Abstract

In this work, we have discussed a novel electron gun beam method used for the preparation of an Osmium foil sample at Daresbury Target Preparatory Laboratory, UK, which was used during the ¹⁹²Os(¹⁸O, ¹⁶O)¹⁹⁴Os 2 neutron transfer reaction at IFIN-HH Bucharest. The successful measurement of gamma energies associated with the ¹⁹⁴Os isotopic nucleus recorded from the experiment with the high resolution HPGe detectors from this clean target of ¹⁹²Os showed that this method has proven very efficient in preparing the most difficult osmium target which other methods like the sputtering, thermal evaporation could not get it prepared due to the high melting point of about 3000 ⁰C found in the Osmium foil.