Thermal cycle recirculating pump for isotope purifier
US4758721A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 29, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D59/44
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A magnetic mass spectrometer used to purify ions in a polyisotopic mixture wherein non-ionized particles which exit the ion source are collected in the vacuum chamber and are then introduced into a thermal cycle pump and returned to the ion source to increase the yield. This purifier will both separate a desired isotope, such as iodine-123, from the polyisotopic mixture produced by a conventional small cyclotron, and increase the recovery rate, thus making feasible its use in nuclear medicine.
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