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Half Life

8.5 days by electron capture to As-72
Major Radiation
Gamma - 46.0 keV
arsenic-72 activity

Form

Selenium (VI) in 1 M HCl
Activity
Concentration:
> 1 mCi/ml
Theoretical Sp. Act: 2.124E5 Ci/g Se

Chemcial Impurities

< 1,000 ppm Carrier may be added: inquire

Radiopurity

> 99.9% excluding 120 day Se-75

Source

Spallation by protons in natural rubidium bromide targets at the IPF station

Processing

Dissolution, precipitation, filtration, redissolution

Assay Methods

Gamma assay

Availability

Limited; by request during accelerator operation cycle

Units of Sale

Millicuries of selenium-72

Company Name

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


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