Generator for gallium-68 and compositions obtained therefrom

Patent · Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:7255703

Neirinckx, R D; Davis, M A

A generator is described for obtaining radioactive gallium-68 from germanium-68 bound in a resin containing unsubstituted phenolic hydroxyl groups. The germanium-68 is loaded into the resin from an aqueous solution of the germanium-68. A physiologically acceptable solution of gallium-68 having an activity of 0.1 to 50 millicuries per milliliter of gallium-68 solution is obtained. The solution is obtained from the bound germanium-68 which forms gallium-68 in situ by eluting the column with a hydrochloric acid solution to form an acidic solution of gallium-68. The acidic solution of gallium-68 can be neutralized.

• Assignee: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA (United States)
• Patent Number(s): US 4264468; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 6-001645
• OSTI ID: 7255703
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 8 Jan 1979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
GALLIUM 68
ISOTOPE PRODUCTION
LEACHING
RADIOISOTOPE GENERATORS
DESIGN
ACTIVITY LEVELS
GERMANIUM 68
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DISSOLUTION
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
GALLIUM ISOTOPES
GERMANIUM ISOTOPES
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
RADIOISOTOPES
SEPARATION PROCESSES
400703* - Radiochemistry & Nuclear Chemistry- Radioisotope Production