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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1805-1808 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Solid State Communications |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 11-12 |
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| State | Published - 15 Dec 1974 |