Author: Gall, B.J.P.
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THPSC47 Production of Metal Ion Beams from ECR Ion Sources by MIVOC Method 432
 
  • K.I. Kuzmenkov, S.L. Bogomolov, A.E. Bondarchenko, A.A. Efremov, N. Lebedev, K.V. Lebedev, V.Ya. Lebedev, V.N. Loginov, Yu. Yazvitsky
    JINR, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
  • Z. Asfari, B.J.P. Gall
    IPHC, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
 
  Funding: Work supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant number 13-02-12011
The production of metal ion beams with ECR ion sources using MIVOC method is described. The method is based on the use of metal compounds having a high vapor pressure at room temperature: for example, C2B10H12, Fe(C5H5)2 and several others. Intense ion beams of B and Fe were produced at the FLNR JINR cyclotrons using this method. The main efforts were went into production and acceleration of 50Ti ion beam at the U-400 cyclotron. The experiments on production of 50Ti ion beam were performed at the test bench with the natural and enriched compounds of titanium (CH3)5C5Ti(CH3)3. In the experiments at the test bench the beam currents of Ti5+ - 80 mkA and Ti11+ - 70 mkA were achieved at different settings of the source. After successful tests two 3 weeks runs with Ti-50 beam were performed at the U-400 cyclotron for the experiments on spectroscopy of super heavy elements. The intensity of the injected beam of 50Ti5+ was about of 50-60 mkA, during experiment the source have shown stable operation. The compound consumption rate was determined to be about of 2.4 mg/h, corresponding to 50Ti consumption of 0.52 mg/h.