Production and Isolation of Homologs of Flerovium and Element 115 at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2015
Publication Title
Journal of Radioanalytical & Nuclear Chemistry
Volume
308
Issue
2
First page number:
567
Last page number:
572
Abstract
New procedures have been developed to isolate no-carrier-added (NCA) radionuclides of the homologs and pseudo-homologs of flerovium (Hg, Sn) and element 115 (Sb), produced by 12–15 MeV proton irradiation of foil stacks with the tandem Van-de-Graaff accelerator at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (CAMS) facility. The separation of 113Sn from natIn foil was performed with anion-exchange chromatography from hydrochloric and nitric acid matrices. A cation-exchange chromatography method based on hydrochloric and mixed hydrochloric/hydroiodic acids was used to separate 124Sb from natSn foil. A procedure using Eichrom TEVA resin was developed to separate 197Hg from Au foil. These results demonstrate the suitability of using the CAMS facility to produce NCA radioisotopes for studies of transactinide homologs.
Keywords
No-carrier-added; Homologs; Transactinide; Mercury; Tin; Antimony
Repository Citation
Despotopulos, J. D.,
Kmak, K. N.,
Gharibyan, N.,
Brown, T. A.,
Grant, P. M.,
Henderson, R. A.,
Moody, K. J.,
Tumey, S. J.,
Shaughnessy, D. A.,
Sudowe, R.
(2015).
Production and Isolation of Homologs of Flerovium and Element 115 at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry.
Journal of Radioanalytical & Nuclear Chemistry, 308(2),
567-572.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4500-z