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DIFFERENT investigators have studied the proton groups emitted during bombardment of magnesium1. Using separated isotopes and a counting method, Allan, Wilkinson, Burcham and Curling2have found three different groups from the reaction 24Mg(d, p) 25Mg and one group from 26Mg(d, p)27Mg. By bombarding magnesium-25, they found again three groups, the ranges and relative intensities of which, however, were nearly the same as those found in magnesium-24. They concluded, therefore, that the former groups were due to contamination with magnesium-24 and supposed that magnesium-25 under bombardment with deuterons (of 0.9 MeV.) does not emit protons at 90°. On the other hand, Pollard and Humphreys3 earlier had reported the emission of three proton groups, although they did not state the actual energy release.
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AMBROSEN, J. Deuteron Reactions with Separated Magnesium Isotopes. Nature 169, 408 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169408a0
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