AmBe Density?

["Erik F. Shores" <eshores@lanl.gov>]

Good day!

Regarding actinide-beryllium sources (e.g. AmBe and PuBe), consider two 
types of preparation:

1) mixing an oxide form of the actinide with beryllium powder

2) creating an actinide-beryllium alloy resulting in 13 Be atoms per 
actinide atom.

I am interested in the density of the alloy-type AmBe source, but 
unfortunately cannot find one. I would appreciate if anyone could provide a 
reference. Thanks for your consideration.

Best Regards,
Erik
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Erik F. Shores
Los Alamos National Laboratory
ESH-12, Radiological Engineering Team
Mailto:eshores@lanl.gov
505.665.7643 (phone)
505.667.9726 (facsimile) 
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