Comments on the feasibility of 61Cu production by proton irradiation of (nat)Zn on a medical cyclotron.
Feasibility of 61Cu production in high radionuclidic purity form via (nat)Zn(p,x) 61Cu nuclear process is discussed. Based on the experimentally available cross-sections of the (nat)Zn(p,x) 61Cu, (nat)Zn(p,x) 60Cu and (nat)Zn(p,x) 64Cu nuclear processes the usefulness of the (nat)Zn(p,x) 61Cu process for high-scale production is questionable in the 22 --> 12 MeV energy range.
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Cyclotron Department, Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), H-4026, Bem tér 18/C, Debrecen, Hungary. szele@atomki.hu
Steyn
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Kovács
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van der Walt
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Suzuki
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D003301:Copper Radioisotopes / Q000737:chemistry*; D017357:Cyclotrons; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D011522:Protons; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
D003301:Copper Radioisotopes; D011522:Protons; D015032:Zinc