Gas-target method for the production of iodine-123
US4622201A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 18, 1982 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 18, 2002 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG21G1/10
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Charged-particles in the 45-15 MeV energy range incident upon isotopically enriched xenon-124 gas in a gas-target assembly cause nuclear reactions which yield radioactive xenon-123. The xenon-123, decaying either in the target assembly or in a decay vessel removed from the target assembly, yields iodine-123 with very low levels of radioactive contaminants.
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