Nuclear model analysis of excitation functions of α-particle induced reactions on In and Cd up to 60MeV with relevance to the production of high specific activity Sn.

Excitation functions were calculated for the α-particle induced reactions In(α,x)Sn, Cd(α,n)Sn, Cd(α,3n)Sn and Cd(α,x)Sn to analyse the production of the medically important Sn (T = 13.6 d). For calculations three nuclear model codes (i.e. TALYS, EMPIRE and ALICE-IPPE) were used and the results were compared with the available experimental data. For the most important reaction, Cd(α,3n)Sn, evaluated data are presented. The yield and radionuclidic purity of Sn from each reaction are discussed.