THE MAGNESIUM-28-ALUMINUM-28 SYSTEM: AN ALUMINUM-28 GENERATOR
Author(s) -
A.J. Weiss,
Manny Hillman
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4136703
Subject(s) - aluminium , magnesium , nuclear chemistry , chemistry , elution , generator (circuit theory) , analytical chemistry (journal) , radiochemistry , materials science , chromatography , metallurgy , physics , power (physics) , quantum mechanics
A milking method was developed for the production of the short-lived Al/ sup 28/ for use in physiological experiments. A Mg/sup 28/ solution is obtained by the irradiation and purification of a Li/sup 6/Mg/sup 26/ alloy, and it is placed on a Dowex 50W column in the Na/sup +/ form and then washed with 1 N NaOH. The Al/sup 28/ is eluted in 10 to 30 sec by 1 N NaOH solution containing 0.5 mg/ ml of carrier Al. The half lives of Mg/sup 28/ and Al/sup 28/ were determined to be 20.88 plus or minus 0.06 hr and 2.238 plus or minus 0.006 min, respectively. (D.L.C.
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