Nuclear Excitation Functions and Thick-Target Yields F19, Na23, As75(d, t), and Na23, As75(d, p)

Abstract
Excitation functions and thick-target yields have been determined for the (d, p) and (d, t) reactions which occur when sodium fluoride and arsenic targets are bombarded with deuterons of ≈15 MeV. The yields of F18, Na24, and Na22 from sodium fluoride, and As76 and As74 from arsenic targets were measured with a calibrated scintillation counter after appropriate chemical treatment. The range-energy relationship for deuterons in sodium fluoride was determined experimentally from 15.2 MeV to 5.3 MeV.