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Separation of no-carrier-added 107,109Cd from proton induced silver target: classical chemistry still relevant

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The classical chemistry like precipitation technique is relevant even in modern days trans-disciplinary research from the view point of green chemistry. A definite demand of no-carrier-added (nca) cadmium tracers, namely, 107,109Cd, has been realized for diverse applications. Development of efficient separation technique is therefore important to address the purity of the tracers for various applications. No-carrier-added 107,109Cd radionuclides were produced by bombarding natural silver target matrix with 13 MeV protons, which gave ~15 MBq/μA h yield for nca 107Cd. The nca cadmium radionuclides were separated from the natural silver target matrix by precipitating Ag as AgCl. The developed method is an example wherein green chemistry is used in trans-disciplinary research. The method is also simple, fast, cost effective and environmentally benign.

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Acknowledgments

This work has been carried out as part of the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics-Department of Atomic Energy, XI five year plan project “Trace Analysis: Detection, Dynamics and Speciation (TADDS)”. Thanks to pelletron staff of BARC-TIFR pelletron facility, Mumbai, for their cooperation and help during experiment. M. Maiti expresses sincere thanks to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for providing necessary grants.

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  1. Chemical Sciences Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata, 700064, India

    Moumita Maiti & Susanta Lahiri

  2. Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India

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Maiti, M., Lahiri, S. & Tomar, B.S. Separation of no-carrier-added 107,109Cd from proton induced silver target: classical chemistry still relevant. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 288, 115–119 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-010-0957-y

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