Production of high specific activity silicon-32
A process for the preparation of silicon-32 is provided and includes contacting an irradiated potassium chloride target, including spallation products from a prior irradiation, with sufficient water, hydrochloric acid or potassium hydroxide to form a solution, filtering the solution, adjusting pH of the solution to from about 5.5 to about 7.5, admixing sufficient molybdate-reagent to the solution to adjust the pH of the solution to about 1.5 and to form a silicon-molybdate complex, contacting the solution including the silicon-molybdate complex with a dextran-based material, washing the dextran-based material to remove residual contaminants such as sodium-22, separating the silicon-molybdate complex from the dextran-based material as another solution, adding sufficient hydrochloric acid and hydrogen peroxide to the solution to prevent reformation of the silicon-molybdate complex and to yield an oxidization state of the molybdate adapted for subsequent separation by an anion exchange material, contacting the solution with an anion exchange material whereby the molybdate is retained by the anion exchange material and the silicon remains in solution, and optionally adding sufficient alkali metal hydroxide to adjust the pH of the solution to about 12 to 13. Additionally, a high specific activity silicon-32 product having a high purity is provided.
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 5346678; A
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-950552
- OSTI ID:
- 6986622
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
COMPLEXES
DISSOLUTION
ELEMENTS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
FILTRATION
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ION EXCHANGE
ISOTOPE PRODUCTION
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MOLYBDENUM COMPLEXES
NUCLEI
PH VALUE
POTASSIUM CHLORIDES
POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS
RADIOISOTOPES
SEMIMETALS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SILICON
SILICON 32
SILICON COMPLEXES
SILICON ISOTOPES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPLEXES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES