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Title: Production of selenium-72 and arsenic-72

Patent ·
OSTI ID:868750

Methods for producing selenium-72, separating it from its daughter isotope arsenic-72, and generating multiple portions of a solution containing arsenic-72 from a reusable parent substance comprised of selenium-72.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
University of California (Alameda, CA)
Patent Number(s):
US 5204072
OSTI ID:
868750
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Critical examination of some common reagents for reducing selenium species in chemical analysis journal December 1983
Chemistry and Concept for an Automated 72Se/72As Generator book January 1991
Electrolytic separation of selenium isotopes from proton irradiated RbBr targets
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