Evaluation of irradiation parameters of enriched (124)Xe target for (123)I production in cyclotrons. |
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| Authors: | L C A Sumiya V Sciani |
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| Institution: | Cyclotron Department, Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares-IPEN, SP-11049, Brazil. |
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| Abstract: | The production of high-purity (123)I that utilizes an isotopically enriched (124)Xe target and bombardment with 30MeV protons, through the reactions (124)Xe (p, 2n) (123)Cs-->(123)Xe-->(123)I and (124)Xe (p, pn) (123)Xe-->(123)I, is described. The aim of this work was to improve the production parameters, such as (124)Xe load pressure, beam current, decay time and target heating to recover (123)I to obtain high-production (123)I yield at low cost. |
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