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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
May. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Snow, West Chester, PA (US);
Gregory McIntire, West Chester, PA (US);
Edward Bacon, Audubon, PA (US);
Evan Gustow, Villanova, PA (US);
Assignee:
Amersham, PLC, Little Chalfont, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/816 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/816 ;
Abstract
A method for the immobilization of a radioactive anion on the surface of a metal substrate, said method comprising treating the substrate with an oxidizing agent in the presence of a solution of a radioactive anion which forms an insoluble salt with ions of said metal. Preferably, a binding agent will also be present. Preferably, the metal is silver, the radioactive anion is I and the binding agent comprises bromide ions.