Activation cross-sections of deuteron-induced nuclear reactions on natural iron up to 24 MeV

Activation cross-sections of the Fe-nat(d,x)Co-55,Co-56,Co-57,Co-58g+m, Mn-52g,Mn-54,Mn-56, Cr-51, Fe-59 reactions were measured from their respective thresholds to 24 MeV via a stacked foil activation technique combined with HPGe gamma-ray spectrometry. An overall good agreement is found with some of the earlier measurements, whereas partial agreements are obtained with the theoretical data extracted from the TENDL-2011 library. The present measurement reports four cross-sections of Co58g+m, Mn-56 and Fe-59 radionuclides in the energy range of 20-24 MeV for the first time. Physical thick target yields deduced from the measured cross-sections are compared with the directly measured yields available in the literature. The measured Fe-58(d,p)Fe-59 cross section is underestimated by the original TENDL-2011 library while overestimated by the TENDL-2011 library renormalized by Ignatyuk for the FENDL-3 library. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.