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Nuclear Data Sheets for A=170☆

Nuclear structure data pertaining to all nuclei with mass number A=170 have been evaluated, and incorporated into the ENSDF data file. This evaluation supersedes the previous evaluation (Coral M. Baglin), Nuclear Data Sheets 96, 611 (2002), (cutoff date 15 August 2002) and subsequent updates of the ENSDF file for Yb to Dy (cutoff 15 April 2010), Lu (cutoff 8 October 1998), Pt (cutoff 17 February 1999) and Ta, Os (cutoff 7 April 1998). Since the previous evaluation, {sup 170}Gd has been observed and the ground state T{sub 1/2} measured. New excited states have also been observed in the neutron rich {sup 170}Dy. The ground state T{sub 1/2} of {sup 170}Tb has been determined, however, there are currently still no excited states observed in this nucleus. There remains some uncertainty in the ground state and longer-lived isomer in {sup 170}Ir which could warrent further experimental investigation.

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS↗

Investigation of the neutron activation of endohedral rare earth metallofullerenes

Endohedral lanthanide metallofullerenes and their water-soluble biocompatible derivatives have been synthesized. The effect that fast-neutron irradiation has on the stability and nuclear physical properties of endohedral metallofullerenes that are used as magnetocontrast materials ({sup 46}Sc, {sup 140}La, {sup 141}Nd, {sup 153}Sm, {sup 152}Eu, {sup 154}Eu, {sup 153}Sm, {sup 160}Tb, {sup 169}Yb, {sup 170}Tm (isomers I and III), and {sup 177}Lu) is studied. Our hypothesis, according to which carbon-shell relaxation is based on the fast nonradiative processes of an electron shake-off type, is confirmed.

37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CH↗

Isomer spectroscopy of neutron-rich $^{165,167}$Tb

We present information on the excited states in the prolate-deformed, neutron-rich nuclei 165,167 Tb 100,102 . The nuclei of interest were synthesised following in-flight fission of a 345 MeV per nucleon 238 U primary beam on a 2 mm 9 Be target at the Radioactive Ion-Beam Factory (RIBF), RIKEN, Japan. The exotic nuclei were separated and identified event-by-event using the BigRIPS separator, with discrete energy gamma-ray decays from isomeric states with half-lives in the μs regime measured using the EURICA gamma-ray spectrometer. Metastable-state decays are identified in 165 Tb and 167 Tb and interpreted as arising from hindered E1 decay from the 72 – [523] single quasi-proton Nilsson configuration to rotational states built on the 32 – [411] single quasi-proton ground state. Lastly, these data correspond to the first spectroscopic information in the heaviest, odd-A terbium isotopes reported to date and provide information on proton Nilsson configurations which reside close to the Fermi surface as the 170 Dy doubly-midshell nucleus is approached.

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS↗

Isomer spectroscopy of neutron-rich 168 Tb 103

In-flight fission of a 345 MeV per nucleon 238U primary beam on a 2 mm thick 9Be target has been used to produce and study the decays of a range of neutron-rich nuclei centred around the doubly mid-shell nucleus 170Dy at the RIBF Facility, RIKEN, Japan. The produced secondary fragments of interest were identified event-by-event using the BigRIPS separator. The fragments were implanted into the WAS3ABI position sensitive silicon active stopper which allowed pixelated correlations between implants and their subsequent β-decay. Discrete γ-ray transitions emitted following decays from either metastable states or excited states populated following beta decay were identified using the 84 coaxial high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors of the EURICA spectrometer, which was complemented by 18 additional cerium-doped lanthanum bromide (LaBr3) fast-timing scintillation detectors from the FATIMA collaboration. This paper presents the internal decay of a metastable isomeric excited state in the odd-odd nucleus 168Tb, which corresponds to a single proton-neutron hole configuration in the valence maximum nucleus 170Dy. These data represent the first information on excited states in this nucleus, which is the most neutron-rich odd-odd isotope of terbium (Z=65) studied to date. Nilsson configurations associated with an axially symmetric, prolate-deformed nucleus are proposed for the 168Tb ground state the observed isomeric state by comparison with Blocked BCS-Nilsson calculations.

Gamma-ray spectroscopy and nuclear isomerism↗

Ultra-low concentration terbium (Tb) adsorption on garlic peels biosorbent and its application for $\mathrm{Nd}$-$\mathrm{Fe}$-$\mathrm{B}$ scraps recovery

Motivated by the strategic value of middle-heavy rare earth elements (MHREEs), we proposed a bio-adsorption method to recover ultra-low concentration terbium (Tb(Ⅲ)) from industrial wastewater that originated from the Nd-Fe-B scraps recovery process. It could be found that Tb(Ⅲ) ions as low as 5.34 ng·mL -1 (ppb) could be adsorbed onto Ca(Ⅱ)-modified garlic peels (Ca-GP) within 10 min with the adsorption efficiency of 99.2% at pH 3.5. The adsorption behavior of Tb(Ⅲ) onto Ca-GP conformed the Langmuir isotherm model and pseudo-second-order kinetic model. Attenuated total reflection Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and density-functional theory (DFT) calculations results showed that Tb(Ⅲ) ions could be ion-exchanged with cations in Ca-GP such as Ca(Ⅱ) and -COOH. In application, column experiment results showed that the maximum bed adsorption capacity for Tb, praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), dysprosium (Dy), and Total rare earth elements (REEs) ions calculated by the Thomas model was 0.06, 3.50, 9.65, 7.34, and 27.37 µg·g -1 , respectively, with the initial concentration of 0.37 ng·mL -1 Tb, 20 ng·mL -1 Pr, 44 ng·mL -1 Nd, 67 ng·mL -1 Dy and 170 ng·mL -1 total REEs ions of actual solutions (below the solubility of rare-earth hydroxide). Here this manuscript thus provided a novel cost-effective and efficient approach to the enrichment and recovery of MHREEs from ultra-low concentration REEs ions-containing solutions.

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES↗