A novel way of producing an aqueous solution of 38K+ via the 40Ar(p, 3n)-process

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1505-1510

  Nagatsu, Kotaro ^a,b   Kubodera, Akiko ^b   Suzuki, Kazutoshi ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CYCLOTRONS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; IONS; IRRADIATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTONS; SOLUTIONS;

RADIONUCLIDIC PURITY; TARGET CHAMBER;

POTASSIUM;

ARGON 40; POTASSIUM 38; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 0032404562     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(98)00050-5     Document Type: Article

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