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Half Life

106.6 days to strontium-88
Major Radiation
Positron - 760 keV;
Gamma 1,836 keV

Form

Yttrium (III) in 6 M HC1
Activity
Concentration:
> 10 mCi/ml
Theoretical Sp. Act: 13,900 Ci/g Y

Chemcial 
Impurities
< 1,000 ppm excluding aluminum

Radiopurity

> 99 percent

Source

Recovered from zirconium-88 parent

Processing

Dissolution and ion exchange

Assay Methods

Gamma assay

Availability

In stock

Units of Sale

Millicuries of yttrium-88

Company Name

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


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