Mossbauer studies of after alpha decay effects of Np237 in delta plutonium

J. Gal*, Z. Hadari, E. R. Bauminger, I. Nowik, S. Ofer

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Abstract

Mossbauer studies of the 59.6 keV gamma ray emitted from Np237 in δ-Pu show that the shape and the center of gravity of the emission spectrum change significantly with temperature between 8 and 80 K. The results can be very well explained by assuming that the Np5+ ions produced after the alpha-decay of241 Am transform with a rate of ∼ 108 sec-1 to the Np4+ valence state.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1805-1808
Number of pages4
JournalSolid State Communications
Volume15
Issue number11-12
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Dec 1974

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