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Half Life

15.98 days to titanium-48
Major Radiation
Positron - 694 keV
Gamma 1,312 keV

Form

Vanadium (V) in 6 M HCl
Activity
Concentration:
> 1 mCi/ml
Theoretical Sp. Act: 1.696E5 Ci/g V

Chemcial Impurities

< 1,000 parts per million

Radiopurity

> 99% excluding vanadium-49
Source
Spallation by protons in natural zinc oxide targets at the IPF station

Processing

Dissolution and ion exchange

Assay Methods

Gamma assay

Availability

Upon request; limited

Units of Sale

Millicuries of vanadium-48

Company Name

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


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