Production of selenium-72 and arsenic-72

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:869637

Phillips, Dennis R ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos, NM

Methods and apparatus 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. The invention provides apparatus which can be located at a site where arsenic-72 is used, for purposes such as PET imaging, to produce arsenic-72 as needed, since the half-life of arsenic-72 is very short.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: Regents of University of California (Alameda)
• Patent Number(s): US 5371372
• OSTI ID: 869637
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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