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US 10,704,123 B2Granted
Process for the separation and purification of medical isotopes
AssigneeUchicago Argonne, LLC
InventorsMichael Alexander Brown, Jerry A. Nolen, Jr., David Alan Rotsch
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Abstract
The invention provides a method for isolating medical isotopes, the method having the steps of dissolving titanium nuclear targets to create a solution; contacting the solution with a resin so as to retain the isotopes on the resin and generate an eluent containing titanium; contacting the isotope-containing resin with acid of a first concentration to remove impurities from the resin; and contacting the isotope-containing resin with an acid of a second concentration to remove isotope from the resin.
Claims20
A method for isolating radioactive isotope, the method comprising:
- a. dissolving irradiated targets in sulfuric acid and sulfate salt to create a solution containing the isotopes;
- b. contacting the solution with a resin so as to adsorb the isotopes on the resin and generate an eluent containing titanium;
- c. contacting the isotopes-containing resin with acid of a first concentration to remove impurities from the resin;
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- d. contacting the isotopes-containing resin with an acid of a second concentration to remove the isotopes from the resin.
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