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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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