Open AccessProduction of the isotope copper-64 by using natural nickel target with proton energy 17 MeV and beam current 10 μA at cyclotron
Author(s) -
A. Tiba,
Y. Berdnikov,
Yu. A. Egorov
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/2103/1/012143
Subject(s) - cyclotron , proton , copper , beam (structure) , isotope , nickel , radiochemistry , nuclear reaction , irradiation , nuclear physics , chemistry , materials science , physics , metallurgy , plasma , optics
A calculation method is developed for production of the copper-64 isotope from the 64 Ni(p, n) 64 Cu nuclear reaction. The 64 Cu radioisotope used in nuclear medicine is produced by irradiating a natural nickel target with a proton beam produced on a cyclotron. The conditions of the production were dictated by the capabilities of the cyclotron. The energy of the protons was 17 MeV (the beam current is 10 μॅ). As a result, the activity of copper-64 isotope for various irradiation times were obtained. The depth of proton penetration into the target material was studied.