title: Separation of carrier-free hafnium and lutetium radionuclides produced in 16O activated terbium metal target.
abstract: Charged particle activation with approximately 88 MeV 16O7+ beam on natural terbium metal foil leads to the production of the short lived carrier-free radioisotopes 170,171Ta and their corresponding daughter products 170,171Hf and 170,171Lu in the target matrix. Liquid-liquid extraction with HDEHP diluted in cyclohexane was carried out for the separation of 170,171Hf and 170,171Lu from the bulk terbium in an aqueous HCl medium.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Chemistry Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Calcutta, India. slahiri@hp1.saha.ernet.in
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lahir
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramaswami
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D004583:Electrons; D006195:Hafnium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008187:Lutetium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010100:Oxygen; D011827:Radiation; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013725:Terbium / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes; D013725:Terbium; D008187:Lutetium; D010100:Oxygen; D006195:Hafnium