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Half Life

7.3E5 years to Mg-26
Major Radiation
Positron - 1.17 MeV
Gamma - 1,809 keV

Form

Aluminum (III) in 1 M HCl
Activity
Specific:
Al-27/Al-26 ratio is less than 500/1
Concentration: > 0.01 microcuries /ml
Theoretical Sp. Act.: 19.56 mCi/g Al

Chemcial Impurities

< 1,000 ppm excluding aluminum

Radiopurity

> 99%

Source

Spallation by protons in natural potassium chloride targets at the IPF station

Processing

Dissolution and ion exchange

Assay Methods

Gamma assay

Availability

In Stock

Units of Sale

Microcuries of aluminum-26

Company Name

Los Alamos National Laboratory
Contact Person
Isotope Sales
505-667-4675
mailto:isotopes@lanl.gov


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