Neutron Irradiation to Transmute Zinc into Gallium

M. M. Zeidan; S. Abedrabbo

doi:10.3390/nano13091487

Neutron Irradiation to Transmute Zinc into Gallium

M. M. Zeidan
, S. Abedrabbo

Department of Physics

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Modified ²⁴¹Am-Be neutron beams showed an ability to change the optical properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) photoluminescence (PL) spectra by transmuting zinc (Zn) into gallium (Ga) after irradiation. This study investigates the time required by slow neutron irradiation to register the transmutation of the Zn into Ga. Two series of samples from different suppliers hydrothermally (HT) grown by TEW Tokyo Denpa Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, and MTI corporation, China, are irradiated for 6, 12, 18, and 24 days on the Zn-polar face of each sample to specify the relationship between the irradiation intensity and transmutation.

Original language	British English
Article number	1487
Journal	Nanomaterials
Volume	13
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13091487
State	Published - May 2023

Keywords

gallium
neutron
photoluminescence
transmute
zinc isotopes
zinc oxide

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