Open AccessPRODUCTION OF PHOSPHORUS-32 AT A NEUTRON GENERATOR AND IT'S SEDIMENTARY ISOLATION
Author(s) -
О. І. Аzarov,
V.O. Bocharov,
M.A. Dolzhek,
O.F. Stoyanov,
В.А. Цымбал
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
problems of atomic science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1562-6016
pISSN - 1682-9344
DOI - 10.46813/2021-133-109
Subject(s) - neutron generator , phosphorus , common emitter , neutron , precipitation , generator (circuit theory) , isotope , sulfur , radiochemistry , phosphorus 32 , environmental science , materials science , neutron temperature , chemistry , nuclear physics , physics , optoelectronics , meteorology , nucleotide , power (physics) , biochemistry , quantum mechanics , gene , metallurgy
Phosphorus-32 is a β-emitter with a maximum energy of 1.7 MeV (such radiation is completely absorbed in a layer of water or biological tissue up to 1 cm thick) and a half-life of 14.29 days can find application in medicine to study the circulation of substances. This isotope is best obtained from sulfur by the reaction 32S (n, p) 32P, followed by precipitation using neutron generator.