Process for preparation of potassium-38
US4252668A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 22, 1979 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 1999 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16D2001/062
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A solution of potassium-38 suitable for use as a radiopharmaceutical and a method for its production. Argon is irradiated with protons having energies above the threshold for the .sup.40 Ar(p,3n).sup.38 K reaction. The resulting potassium-38 is dissolved in a sterile water and any contaminating chlorine-38 is removed.
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