title: A method for the production of iron-52 with a very low iron-55 contamination.
abstract: The production and radiochemical separation of 52Fe from 4He irradiation of enriched 50Cr target is described. Methods developed for the recovery of the target material (50Cr) are also described. The yield of 52Fe at 38 MeV incident 4He energy is 1667 +/- 133 MBq/C (163 +/- 13 microCi/microAh) at end of bombardment and the contamination of 55Fe is only 0.008%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Manchester, England.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zweit
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Downey
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D002859:Chromium Isotopes; D004572:Electrolysis; D006371:Helium; D007504:Iron Radioisotopes; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010315:Particle Accelerators; D011786:Quality Control; D011854:Radiochemistry
chemical_list: D002859:Chromium Isotopes; D007504:Iron Radioisotopes; D006371:Helium