title: Separation of no-carrier-added 66,67Ga produced in heavy ion-induced cobalt target using alginate biopolymers.
abstract: Heavy ion activation of natural cobalt foil with 84MeV (12)C results in the formation of no-carrier-added (nca) (66,67)As radionuclides, along with their corresponding decay products, (66,67)Ge and (66,67)Ga, in the matrix. Because arsenic and germanium radionuclides are short-lived, after a cooling period of 10h only nca gallium radionuclides remain in the matrix. We attempted to separate the nca gallium radionuclides from the target matrix cobalt by biopolymeric calcium alginate (CA) and Fe-doped calcium alginate (Fe-CA) beads. A complete separation has been achieved by adsorbing (66,67)Ga and a lesser amount of bulk cobalt at pH 3 on Fe-CA beads, followed by desorbing cobalt from the beads with 0.4M NaNO(2).
authors.affiliation: Chemical Sciences Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata-700064, India.
authors.forename: Dalia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.forename: Anupam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: Susanta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lahiri
mesh_terms: D000464:Alginates / Q000737:chemistry*; D001704:Biopolymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D005591:Chemical Fractionation / Q000379:methods*; D003035:Cobalt / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D020723:Glucuronic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D020450:Heavy Ions; D006603:Hexuronic Acids / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000464:Alginates; D001704:Biopolymers; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006603:Hexuronic Acids; D003035:Cobalt; D020723:Glucuronic Acid