Published December 15, 1987 | Version v1
Journal article

Production of the radioisotope 88Y

  • 1. Ibaraki Electrical Communication Lab., Tokai (Japan)

Description

Carrier-free 88Y radioisotope, which has the longest half life (T=106.6 d) of yttrium radioisotopes and is a γ-ray emitter, was obtained by proton irradiation of strontium, followed by cooling for one month. Then, 88Y was purified by precipitating strontium as strontium nitrate and extracting yttrium with tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP). The decontamination factor of strontium to yttrium was more than 4x103 and chemically pure yttrium radioisotope was obtained. (author) 6 refs

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Journal Title
J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem.
Journal Volume
119
Journal Issue
6
Series
J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. ;Letters.
Journal Page Range
433-440
ISSN
0236-5731
CODEN
JRNCD