Engineering and Technology Journal (Sep 2009)

Detection of Rubidium (Rb85 & Rb87) ionized by Ultra-Violet light

  • Mohammed T. Hussein

DOI
https://doi.org/10.30684/etj.27.13.4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 13
pp. 2301 – 2306

Abstract

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Photo-ions of rubidium were generated due to the interaction of effusive Rbatomic beam with the C.W. UV lamp of 2.5 KW power. The photo-ions isotopicof (Rb85 & Rb87 ) were extracted and analyzed by a quadruple mass filter. Themeasured photo-ion current was 28 x 10-13 Amp.

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