Ion / Production method | 208Pb28+ / Oven LCO |
Compound used | 208Pb (enriched > 90%) |
Aspect Chemical sensitivity |
Silver aspect, stable |
Ion source parameters | RF power : |
380 W Mixing gaz : O2 Oven power : 3.5 W (~250°C off line) Oven position : |
+6 mm Source voltage : 18kV/1.8mA Intensity : 4. |
5 µA ( |
208Mo |
28+) For <I28+> =1.4 µA during 17 days : Consumption : 0.1 |
mg/h Total ionization efficiency : |
13% |
Comments |
Becomes liquid before evaporation. The plasma must be established very slowly to avoid over-evaporation. The ionization efficiency is good. |
More details can be found in this publication : " Status Report on Metallic Beam Production at GANIL/SPIRAL 2 ", 22th ECRIS (Busan 2016).
Spectrum obtained with ECR4M and optimized on 92Mo16 208Pb28+ (4.1 5 μA). RF power: 140 380 W (37 120 W reflected), 18 kV/1.8 mA, buffer gas O2O2: 8.5E-6 mbar at injection, 2E-7 mbar at extraction, oven power 31.5 9 W (~250°C ~200°C off line), oven position: 0 +6 mm inside the plasma chamber, no bias, coils: 940A/730A. Transport efficiency up to the faraday cup: ~40%.
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