Plutonium Ceramic Target for MASHA.

Wilk, P. A. ; Shaughnessy, D. A. ; Moody, K. J. ; Kenneally, J. M.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Plutonium;    Ceramics;    Atoms;    Targets;    Separators;   

RP-ID  :  DE200515014426

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

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来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

We are currently developing a plutonium ceramic target for the MASHA mass separator. The MASHA separator will use a thick plutonium ceramic target capable of tolerating temperatures up to 2000 degrees C. Promising candidates for the target include oxides and carbides, although more research into their thermodynamic properties will be required. Reaction products will diffuse out of the target into an ion source, where they will then be transported through the separator to a position-sensitive focal-plane detector array. Experiments on MASHA will allow us to make measurements that will cement our identification of element 114 and provide for future experiments where the chemical properties of the heaviest elements are studied.