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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2006
Applicants:
Furn F Knapp, Jr., Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Rose a Boll, Knoxville, TN (US);
Saed Mirzadeh, Knoxville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Furn F Knapp, Jr., Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Rose A Boll, Knoxville, TN (US);
Saed Mirzadeh, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 59/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of producing and purifying promethium-147 including the steps of: irradiating a target material including neodymium-146 with neutrons to produce promethium-147 within the irradiated target material; dissolving the irradiated target material to form an acidic solution; loading the acidic solution onto a chromatographic separation apparatus containing HDEHP; and eluting the apparatus to chromatographically separate the promethium-147 from the neodymium-146.