Production of a Radioactive 18F Ion Beam for Nuclear Reaction Studies

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1995

Abstract

A two-stage method for generating a radioactive 18F ion beam has been developed. 18F is produced with a medical cyclotron by 11 MeV proton activation of [18O]water, then chemically processed off-line for use in a tandem accelerator ion source. Azeotropic distillation reduces the 18O component by 105, with a resulting 18O to 18F beam ratio of about 103. The average 18F beam intensity per synthesis is 1 ppA over 120 min from a cesium vapor, sputter negative ion source (SNICS), with a peak intensity of 4.5 ppA.

Department

Physics and Astronomy

Publication Title

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

DOI

10.1016/0168-583X(95)00657-5

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