Of neodymium’s seven naturally occurring isotopes only Nd-148, (5.76% of elemental Nd) produced detectable gammas, but produce it did… five gammas!
The activation reaction is….
Nd-148 n,g > 1.7 hour Nd-149 (~3 barns)
Activation time was 45 minutes at a fusor output of 3.5E+06 neutrons / second, TIER. (Three 15 minute activation runs separated by 30-minute fusor cool-down periods).
Photos:
1) Gamma spectra.
2) Neodymium metal chunk in it's mineral oil bath.
Jon Rosenstiel
Activation of Neodymium
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