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Half Life |
462.6 days by electron capture to silver-109 |
Major Radiation |
Gamma - 88 keV from Ag-109m daughter |
Form |
Cadmium (II) in 1 M HCl |
| Activity | Concentration: > 10 mCi/ml Theoretical Sp. Act: 2,582 Ci/g Cd |
Chemcial Impurities |
< 1,000 parts per million |
| Radiopurity | > 98% excluding other Cd isotopes;Cd-113m is less than 20% |
| Source | Spallation by protons in natural indium targets at the IPF station |
Processing |
Dissolution and ion exchange |
Assay Methods |
Gamma assay |
Availability |
In stock |
Units of Sale |
Millicuries of cadmium-109 |
Company Name |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Contact Person | Isotope Sales 505-667-4675 isotopes@lanl.gov |
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