Methods of producing radionuclides for spectrometric gamma-ray sources and their standardization--2. Europium-152

Int J Rad Appl Instrum A. 1989;40(8):711-3. doi: 10.1016/0883-2889(89)90083-x.

Abstract

The radionuclide 152Eu was produced by irradiating 151Eu2O3 or 151EuCl3 enriched to 98.9% with thermal neutrons. 152Eu was separated from rare-earth impurities by extraction chromatography on a column using 0.6 M nitric acid eluent. The specific activity of the 152Eu was 1-10 Ci/g of Eu. The impurity of the 154Eu did not exceed 0.1%. The activity standardization of 152Eu was carried out by extrapolation of 4 pi (beta, e, x)-gamma coincidences. The relative gamma-ray intensities for 28 gamma-ray energies emitted in 152Eu decay have been measured.

MeSH terms

  • Europium*
  • Gamma Rays
  • Radioisotopes*
  • Spectrophotometry / instrumentation*
  • Spectrophotometry / methods

Substances

  • Radioisotopes
  • Europium