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Development of a 212Pb and 212Bi generator for homolog studies of flerovium and moscovium

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A simple generator using AG 50Wx8 cation exchange resin has been developed for continual elution of 212Pb and 212Bi from the parent radionuclide 228Th, derived from 232U. Using 0.4 M HCl as an eluent will elute 212Bi while 212Pb is eluted with 2 M HCl. The generator has shown good reproducibility of elution bands. A generator set-up in 2013 has been in continual use over 4 years demonstrating that this generator system has a long and stable lifetime. The generator system presented here has served as a long-term method for attaining no-carrier-added 212Pb and 212Bi radionuclides for homolog studies of flerovium and moscovium.

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This study was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. This work was funded by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program at LLNL under project tracking code 11-ERD-011 and 17-LW-035.

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  1. Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave., Livermore, CA, 94550, USA

    John D. Despotopulos, Kenton J. Moody & Dawn A. Shaughnessy

  2. University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94270, USA

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Despotopulos, J.D., Kmak, K.N., Moody, K.J. et al. Development of a 212Pb and 212Bi generator for homolog studies of flerovium and moscovium. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 317, 473–477 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-018-5848-7

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