Impact Factor: 1.8

Published since June 20, 1962

Radiochimica Acta

International Journal for chemical aspects of nuclear science and technology

ISSN: 2193-3405

Editor-in-chief: Syed M. Qaim

Edited by: Thomas Albrecht-Schoenzart, Zhifang Chai, Silvia S Jurisson, Prasanta Kumar Mohapatra, Claire Le Naour, Akihiko Yokoyama

Submit manuscript

About this journal

Objective
Radiochimica Acta (RCA) publishes manuscripts encompassing chemical aspects of nuclear science and technology. The journal is meant for scientists who are actively engaged in research work.

Topics

radiochemical study of nuclear reactions including heavy ion reactions
radiochemically determined nuclear data for applications
chemical effects of nuclear transformations
radiation chemistry
chemistry of the actinides, transactinides and other radioelements
radioanalytical chemistry
radiopharmaceutical chemistry
scientific and technological applications of radionuclides, stable isotopes and nuclear methods in all fields
environmental and ecological studies using radiochemical techniques
chemistry of the nuclear fuel cycle (especially partitioning)
chemistry of radionuclides in geomedia (especially speciation, migration, etc.)

Article formats
Original Papers, Review Articles, and Rapid Communications (short communications of more timely interest)

Your Benefits

Your benefits:

Specialized journal dedicated to all aspects of radiochemistry
Leading journal in the field
Fundamental and applied novel research results
Rigorous peer-review

History

The journal Radiochimica Acta was founded in 1962, under the patronage of the Nobel Laureate Otto Hahn, to cater for the publishing needs of the then fast expanding field of radiochemistry. In those days the radiochemists published their work in several different journals of chemistry and physics and had thus no platform of their own for technical communications. With the introduction of Radiochimica Acta a new era dawned for radiochemistry. Although published in Germany, right from its inception the journal aimed at inculating an international character and flavor. The international character has been maintained, continuously nurtured and further developed over its liefe of 50 years. Today all the articles are published in English language.

Visit our Special Jubilee Issue

Visit our open access journal Proceedings of Radiochemistry

Other publications in the field
P. Adloff, K. Lieser, G. Stöcklin,One Hundred Years after the Discovery of Radioactivity, De Gruyter 2008.

Back Issues

Volumes 1 to 103.

Abstracting and Indexing

Radiochimica Acta is covered by the following services:

Baidu Scholar
Cabells Journalytics
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) - CAplus
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) - SciFinder
Chimica
CNKI Scholar (China National Knowledge Infrastructure)
CNPIEC - cnpLINKer
Dimensions
EBSCO (relevant databases)
EBSCO Discovery Service
Engineering Village
Genamics JournalSeek
Google Scholar
IBR (International Bibliography of Reviews of Scholarly Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences)
IBZ (International Bibliography of Periodical Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences)
Inspec
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
J-Gate
Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
JournalGuide
JournalTOCs
KESLI-NDSL (Korean National Discovery for Science Leaders)
MyScienceWork
Naver Academic
Naviga (Softweco)
Primo Central (ExLibris)
Publons
QOAM (Quality Open Access Market)
ReadCube
Reaxys
Scilit
SCImago (SJR)
SCOPUS
Semantic Scholar
Sherpa/RoMEO
Summon (ProQuest)
TDNet
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory/ulrichsweb
WanFang Data
Web of Science - Current Contents/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
Web of Science - Science Citation Index
Web of Science - Science Citation Index Expanded
WorldCat (OCLC)
X-MOL
Yewno Discover

Supplementary Materials

Topics

External Links

Submit your manuscript

Volume 111 Issue 9

September 2023

Publicly Available September 4, 2023

Frontmatter

Page range: i-iii

Download PDF

Original Papers

Open Access June 5, 2023

Excitation functions of the ¹⁹⁷Au(p,pxn) and ¹⁹⁷Au(p,xn) reactions

Haladhara Naik, Guinyun Kim, Changhui Lee, Sung-Chul Yang, Wooyoung Jang, Hien Thi Nguyen, Kwangsoo Kim

Page range: 655-663

More Download PDF

Abstract

The cross-sections for the 197 Au(p,pxn) 196-193 Au and 197 Au(p,xn) 197,195,193 Hg reactions within the proton energy range of 49.8–65.5 MeV were measured at the high-intensity proton linac facility (KOMAC) in Korea using the stacked-foil activation and off-line γ-ray spectrometric technique The proton beam intensity was determined based on the nat Cu(p,x) 62 Zn monitor reaction with the recommended cross-section accessed from the IAEA database library. The data gathered in the present work are compared with the available data from the literature, which agreed well with each other. In this study, the 197 Au(p,p5n) 193 Au reaction cross-section was measured for the first time. The data from the present work and existing literature were compared with the TALYS-1.9-based data taken from the TENDL-2019 library, which generally agreed well.

July 3, 2023

Measurement of spectrum-averaged cross sections of the (n,p) and (n,n′) reactions on strontium by fast neutrons of a TRIGA reactor: comparison with integrated data from excitation functions of various data libraries

M. Shuza Uddin, M. Mezbah Uddin, Rahat Khan, M. Mehedi Hasan, M. Asad Shariff, M. Obaidur Rahman, Syed M. Qaim

Page range: 665-670

Abstract

Integral cross sections of the reactions 84 Sr( n , p ) 84 Rb, 86 Sr( n , p ) 86 Rb and 87 Sr( n , n ′) 87m Sr, over the fast neutron spectrum of a TRIGA reactor above 0.5 MeV, were measured for the first time. The results were used for integral tests of the evaluated excitation functions in the data libraries, ENDF/B-VIII.0, ROSFOND-2010, JEFF-3.3, JENDL-5 and TENDL-2021. The integral measurements are generally consistent with the integrated values within 12 %, except for a few cases. The two data libraries ENDF/B-VIII.0 and ROSFOND-2010 appear to need some improvement with regard to the reactions investigated in this work.

June 12, 2023

Extraction of uranium and rare earths from mineralized ferruginous sandstone, southwestern Sinai

Saleh Mohamed El Hady

Page range: 671-678

Abstract

A technological sample assaying 943 ppm U and about 0.97 % RE 2 O 3 in a mineralized ferruginous sandstone has been collected from Wadi Sedri area of southwestern Sinai. The XRD analysis has releaved the presence of uranium minerals namely; coffinite and sodium meta-autonite but the rare earths adsorbed on the clay minerals inter the ore sample. Leaching of uranium and rare earths from the studied sample is based on ferric sulfate salt. The relevant conditions e.g. (6 g/L ferric sulfate concentration, 1/5 S/L ratio, time 8 h, T = 80 °C and 7.5 g/L H 2 SO 4 concentration) of the ferric ion leaching for uranium and rare earths have been optimized. From the obtained leach liquor, the rare earths are precipitated as oxalates. This is followed by uranium recovery using anion exchange resin as impregnated Lewatite Monoplus M 500/Alamine 304. Therefore, highly pure products of uranium and rare earths have been obtained and chemically analyzed.

June 26, 2023

Cesium ion removal from low-level radioactive wastewater utilizing synthesized cobalt hexacyanoferrate-sand composite

Krishan Kant Singh, Megha Rawat, Jyoti Rawat, Sanjay K Pathak, Surajit Panja, Priya Dimri, Isha Riyal, Himani Sharma, Charu Dwivedi

Page range: 679-689

Abstract

Here, a novel method of synthesis of a sand-based adsorbent for radioactive Cs + ion removal is reported. Natural sand has been modified with cobalt hexacyanoferrate (CoHCF) using a simple and effective approach. The detailed physical–chemical characterization of the synthesized adsorbent is carried out using XRD, XPS, UV-visible, FT-IR, ICP-AES and Raman spectroscopy. Cs + ion batch adsorption studies were conducted radio-analytically, and the sorbent’s adsorption capability was observed to be ∼5 mg g −1 . The batch studies revealed that Cs + ion was selectively adsorbed throughout a broad pH range of 1–10. The rate-controlling steps in the adsorption process, according to kinetic studies, are film diffusion and intraparticular diffusion and the adsorption process follows a second-order kinetics.

June 23, 2023

Separation of ^71,72As from alpha-particle induced reaction on gallium oxide target using naturally occurring alkaloid caffeine

Sayantani Mitra, Nabanita Naskar, Puja Samanta, Pujarini Banerjee, Susanta Lahiri, Kalpita Ghosh, Punarbasu Chaudhuri

Page range: 691-698

Abstract

Gallium oxide target was irradiated with 46 MeV alpha-particle beam, which produced 71,72 As and 67 Ga radioisotopes in the matrix. Separation of radio-arsenics from the bulk gallium target was carried out by caffeine, a nature-resourced reagent, extracted from black tea leaves. 71,72 As radionuclides were preferentially attached with caffeine and precipitated with caffeine in 2 M Na 2 SO 4 solution as caffeine was insoluble in aqueous medium under this condition. With increase in weight of caffeine, extraction of 71,72 As and bulk gallium significantly increased. Bulk Ga along with 67 Ga remained in the supernatant. Geometry optimization of caffeine–metal complex was carried out by theoretical computational analysis. DFT calculation corroborated with the experimental findings where As 3+ preferentially binds with caffeine in presence of gallium and arsenic. As evidenced by the short As–O and As–N distances, the high binding energies are a result of the metal ion’s strong binding to the carbonyl and nitrogen centres, whereas no such result could be obtained in case of bulk gallium.

June 13, 2023

Quality characteristics of white button mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus) affected by gamma irradiation and volatile oils during storage

Marwa K. Mohammed, Ayman M. Abouel-Yazeed, Ahmed E. Abdalla, Rabab W. Maraei, Amina A. Aly

Page range: 699-711

Abstract

Agaricus bisporus mushrooms contain various bioactive substances, the current study aimed to evaluate the effects of gamma-irradiation (1.5, and 2.0 kGy) and essential oils (EOs) fumigation treatments including; geranium (60, and 80 μL L −1 ) as well as lemongrass (40, and 60 μL L −1 ) on quality characteristics (color, weight loss, firmness), and microbial properties, as well as total and reducing sugars of mushrooms at 4 °C during storage for 12 days. It was found that 40 μL L −1 lemongrass (L1) showed the highest L * after 12 days of storage so, it gave the greatest impact on reducing browning of mushrooms. Geranium oil (G1) recorded the least increase in weight-loss (3.01 %) after 12 days of storage. Otherwise, the firmness was also significantly inceased in the EOs (60 μL L −1 of geranium and 40 μL L −1 of lemongrass) samples compared to the controls and gamma-rays. The EOs achieved slight increases in TSS% compared with other treatments. Also, total sugar content in all treatments showed an overall reduction with storage time. Gamma-irradiation (1.5, and 2.0 kGy) was more efficient in inhibiting the development of mesophilic and psychrophilic count. While, lemongrass treatment (L2) has the lowest count of fungi at the end of storage (0.5 log10 CFU g −1 ). The current findings suggest that and EOs (geranium & lemongrass) and gamma-irradiation are a promise process for maintaining the quality of A. bisporus through refrigeration preservation.

June 16, 2023

A closer inspection of the structural, mechanical, optical and radiation shielding properties of GeO₂-doped magnesium-telluroborate glasses

Khamis S. Shaaban, Beriham Basha, Ziad A. Alrowaili, Mohammad S. Al-Buriahi, Essam A. Abdel Wahab

Page range: 713-724

Abstract

GeO 2 -doped magnesium-telluroborate transparent glasses were synthesized in the current investigation using the traditional melt-quench procedure. XRD and FT-IR were used to examine the glasses’ structural properties. Following the measurement of the density, various physical parameters (including oxygen molar volume, oxygen packing density, etc.) were estimated and examined. From the FTIR results, one can deduce that clear structural alterations are seen which support the presence and conversion of BO 3 and BO 4 units. This is a result of the glass network forming more GeO 4 , TeO 4 , and BO 4 units, which means that decreased NBO is forming, and more stiff networks are forming as a result. The increase in the overall stretching force constant of the glasses may also have an impact on the elastic moduli. The optical parameters were studied as optical energy band gap, Urbach energy and refractive index of the fabricated glass. According to the HVL data, the current glasses have a significant ability to lessen the intensity of gamma rays with lower energy. The glass with a small amount of GeO 2 has a high HVL, whereas the glass with a higher amount of GeO 2 has a lower HVL, as shown by the HVL data. The G5 glass demonstrated its superiority as a shielding glass over the other glass samples (G1–G4).

Ahead of Print / Just Accepted

Ahead of Print / Just Accepted

Volume 111 (2023)

Volume 110 (2022)

Volume 109 (2021)

Volume 108 (2020)

Volume 107 (2019)

Volume 106 (2018)

Volume 105 (2017)

Volume 104 (2016)

Volume 103 (2015)

Volume 102 (2014)

Volume 101 (2013)

Volume 100 (2012)

Volume 99 (2011)

Volume 98 (2010)

Volume 97 (2009)

Volume 96 (2008)

Volume 95 (2007)

Volume 94 (2006)

Volume 93 (2005)

Volume 92 (2004)

Volume 91 (2003)

Issue 12
Issue 11 Databases and Analytical Methods
Issue 10
Issue 9
Issue 8
Issue 7
Issue 6
Issue 5
Issue 4
Issue 3
Issue 2
Issue 1

Volume 90 (2002)

Volume 89 (2001)

Volume 88 (2000)

Volume 87 (1999)

Volume 86 (1999)

Volume 85 (1999)

Volume 84 (1999)

Volume 83 (1998)

Volume 82 (1998)

Issue s1

Volume 81 (1998)

Volume 80 (1998)

Volume 78 (1997)

Issue s1

Volume 79 (1997)

Volume 77 (1997)

Volume 76 (1997)

Volume 75 (1996)

Volume 74 (1996)

Issue s1

Volume 73 (1996)

Volume 72 (1996)

Volume 70-71 (1995)

Volume 69 (1995)

Volume 68 (1995)

Volume 66-67 (1994)

Volume 65 (1994)

Volume 64 (1994)

Volume 63 (1993)

Issue s1

Volume 62 (1993)

Volume 61 (1993)

Volume 60 (1993)

Volume 58-59 (1992)

Volume 56 (1992)

Volume 57 (1992)

Volume 55 (1991)

Volume 54 (1991)

Volume 52-53 (1991)

Volume 51 (1990)

Volume 50 (1990)

Volume 49 (1990)

Volume 48 (1989)

Volume 47 (1989)

Volume 46 (1989)

Volume 44-45 (1988)

Volume 43 (1988)

Volume 42 (1987)

Volume 41 (1987)

Volume 40 (1986)

Volume 39 (1986)

Volume 38 (1985)

Volume 37 (1984)

Volume 36 (1984)

Volume 35 (1984)

Volume 34 (1983)

Volume 33 (1983)

Volume 32 (1983)

Volume 31 (1982)

Volume 30 (1982)

Volume 29 (1981)

Volume 28 (1981)

Volume 27 (1980)

Volume 26 (1979)

Volume 25 (1978)

Volume 24 (1977)

Volume 23 (1976)

Volume 22 (1975)

Volume 21 (1974)

Volume 20 (1973)

Volume 19 (1973)

Volume 18 (1972)

Volume 17 (1972)

Volume 16 (1971)

Volume 15 (1971)

Volume 14 (1970)

Volume 13 (1970)

Volume 12 (1969)

Volume 11 (1969)

Volume 10 (1968)

Volume 9 (1968)

Volume 8 (1967)

Volume 7 (1967)

Volume 6 (1966)

Volume 5 (1966)

Volume 4 (1965)

Volume 3 (1964)

Volume 2 (1964)

Volume 1 (1963)

Journal Impact Factor	1.8	2022, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2023)
5-year Journal Impact Factor	2.0	2022, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2023)
Journal Citation Indicator	0.77	2022, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2023)
CiteScore	3.1	2022, Scopus (Elsevier B.V., 2023)
SCImago Journal Rank	0.382	2022, SJR (Scimago Lab, 2023; Data Source: Scopus)
Source Normalized Impact per Paper	0.794	2022, CWTS Journal Indicators (CWTS B.V., 2023; Data Source: Scopus)

More information about journal rankings

Submit

Submission
You can easily submit your manuscript online. Simply go to http://www.editorialmanager.com/ract/default.asp and you will be guided through the whole peer-reviewing and publishing process.

Your benefits of publishing with us

High quality peer-review
Rapid online publication ahead-of-print with short turnaround times
High quality manuscript processing through Editorial Manager
Optional open access publication
Accepted papers will be published online first as DOI-citable, forward-linked articles for quickest possible visibility for the scientific community
Every article easily discoverable because of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and comprehensive abstracting and indexing services
Secure archiving by De Gruyter and the independent archiving service Portico
Professional sales and marketing activities

Submission process

Before preparing a manuscript please have a look at our Instructions_for_Authors
Submission of your paper via our submission management tool
Peer review process (you will be guided through every step)
Decision on your paper (within about 8 weeks from submission to first decision)
Publication online and in print (within 4 to 6 months after acceptance)

Please note

Manuscripts must be written in clear and concise English
Before submitting your article please have a look at our Ethical Guidelines and our Copyright Transfer Agreement
Once your article is accepted you have the option to publish it open access
Our Repository Policy allows you to distribute 30 PDF copies of your published article to colleagues (the PDF has to include the information that it is an author's copy). Please also feel free to distribute the link to the online abstract
If you have any general questions please visit our FAQ for authors or contact us at: birgit.zoglmeier@degruyter.com

We look forward to receiving your manuscript!

Hybrid Open Access

In this journal, authors have the option to publish their article under an open access license. Open Access allows you as an author to retain copyright and share your findings with colleagues and interested parties worldwide without any restraints.
Please note that authors from institutions with which we have a transformative agreement can publish open access without paying an article processing charge (APC). More information on the eligible institutions and articles can be found under the "Funding and Support" tab here.

Editorial

Editor-in-Chief
Professor Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. S. M. Qaim
s.m.qaim@fz-juelich.de
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Institut für Neurowissenschaften und Medizin
INM-5:Nuklearchemie
52425 Jülich
Germany

Editors
Professor Dr. T. E. Albrecht-Schönzart (albrecht-schmitt@chem.fsu.edu)
Professor Dr. Z. Chai (chaizf@mail.ihep.ac.cn)
Professor Dr. Ch. E. Düllmann (duellman@uni-mainz.de)
Professor Dr. S. S. Jurisson (jurissons@missouri.edu)
Professor Dr. P. K. Mohapatra (mpatra@barc.gov.in)
Dr. C. Naour (lenaour@ipno.in2p3.fr)
Professor Dr. A. Yokoyama (yokoyama@se.kanazawa-u.ac.jp)

Advisory Board
W. Cha, Daejon (France)
N. Dacheux, Monpellier (France)
R. Eichler, Villigen (Switzerland)
C. Ekberg, Gothenburg (Sweden)
N. D. M. Evans, Loughborough (United Kingdom)
M. Fassbender, Los Alamos (U.S.A.)
H. Geckeis, Karlsruhe (Germany)
J. John, Prague (Czech Republic)
S. N. Kalmykov, Moscow (Russia)
S. Lahiri (Kolkata)
V. K. Manchanda, Suwon (Korea)
Y. Nagame, Ibaraki (Japan)
S. Parry, Ascot (United Kingdom)
F. Rösch, Mainz (Germany)
Th. J. Ruth, Vancouver (Canada)
R. Taylor, Warrington (United Kingdom)
A. Türler, Bern (Switzerland)
M. S. Uddin, Dhaka (Bangladesh)
J. H. Zaidi, Islamabad (Pakistan)

Technical Editor
Birgit Zoglmeier
birgit.zoglmeier@degruyter.com

(Deutsch)

Online ISSN: 2193-3405
Print ISSN: 0033-8230
Type: Journal
Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter (O)
First published: June 20, 1962
Publication Frequency: 12 Issues per Year
Audience: researchers in the field of radiochemistry

Radiochimica Acta

International Journal for chemical aspects of nuclear science and technology

Frontmatter

Excitation functions of the 197Au(p,pxn) and 197Au(p,xn) reactions

Abstract

Measurement of spectrum-averaged cross sections of the (n,p) and (n,n′) reactions on strontium by fast neutrons of a TRIGA reactor: comparison with integrated data from excitation functions of various data libraries

Abstract

Extraction of uranium and rare earths from mineralized ferruginous sandstone, southwestern Sinai

Abstract

Cesium ion removal from low-level radioactive wastewater utilizing synthesized cobalt hexacyanoferrate-sand composite

Abstract

Separation of 71,72As from alpha-particle induced reaction on gallium oxide target using naturally occurring alkaloid caffeine

Abstract

Quality characteristics of white button mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus) affected by gamma irradiation and volatile oils during storage

Abstract

A closer inspection of the structural, mechanical, optical and radiation shielding properties of GeO2-doped magnesium-telluroborate glasses

Abstract

Excitation functions of the ¹⁹⁷Au(p,pxn) and ¹⁹⁷Au(p,xn) reactions

Separation of ^71,72As from alpha-particle induced reaction on gallium oxide target using naturally occurring alkaloid caffeine

A closer inspection of the structural, mechanical, optical and radiation shielding properties of GeO₂-doped magnesium-telluroborate glasses