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Green methods for the radiochemical separations of no-carrier-added 61Cu, 62Zn from 7Li irradiated cobalt target

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A natCo target was irradiated with 47 MeV 7Li beam to produce no-carrier-added 61Cu, 62Zn in the target matrix. Two new green radiochemical methods were developed for separation of 61Cu and 62Zn from the target matrix, (i) liquid–liquid extraction (LLX) technique using room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([C4mim][PF6]) and ammonium pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate (APDC) (ii) adsorption on calcium alginate beads.

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Acknowledgments

We are thankful to BARC-TIFR Pelletron staff for their help and co-operation during the experiment. The financial support of the SINP-DAE 12 five year plan project “Trace Ultratrace Analysis and Isotope Production (TULIP)” is gratefully acknowledged. KG is thankful to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for providing necessary fellowship.

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    Moumita Maiti

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

    Kaustab Ghosh & Susanta Lahiri

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Maiti, M., Ghosh, K. & Lahiri, S. Green methods for the radiochemical separations of no-carrier-added 61Cu, 62Zn from 7Li irradiated cobalt target. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 303, 2033–2040 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3767-9

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