Process for the separation and purification of scandium medical isotopes

Patent · Tue Jul 09 00:00:00 EDT 2019

OSTI ID:1568567

Brown, Michael Alexander; Rotsch, David Alan; Nolen, Jr., Jerry A.

The invention provides a method for isolating scandium, the method having the steps of dissolving titanium nuclear targets to create a solution; contacting the solution with a resin so as to retain scandium on the resin and generate an eluent containing titanium; contacting the scandium-containing resin with acid of a first concentration to remove impurities from the resin; and contacting the scandium-containing resin with an acid of a second concentration to remove scandium from the resin.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, IL)
• Patent Number(s): 10,344,355
• Application Number: 15/243,002
• OSTI ID: 1568567
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 08/22/2016
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English