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Neon gas target for the production of radioactive fluorine beams

Journal Article · · Review of Scientific Instruments
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1148518· OSTI ID:566190
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  1. Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
A neon gas target has been developed to produce radioactive fluorine. Small CF{sub 4} impurities were added to the neon gas and the recovery efficiency of {sup 18}F-labeled CF{sub 4} has been measured as a function of the impurity level. Extraction efficiencies up to 90{percent} have been obtained, which makes this technique to produce and extract radioactive fluorine from a production target a powerful method to generate intense radioactive {sup 17}F and {sup 18}F beams, using the {sup 20}Ne(p,{alpha}){sup 17}F and {sup 20}Ne(d,{alpha}){sup 18}F reactions, respectively. {copyright} {ital 1998 American Institute of Physics.}
OSTI ID:
566190
Journal Information:
Review of Scientific Instruments, Journal Name: Review of Scientific Instruments Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 69; ISSN 0034-6748; ISSN RSINAK
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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