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Objectives: To optimize Ga production using a liquid cyclotron target, investigations were performed to compare production yields using different concentrations of [Zn]Zn(NO), nitric acid, and irradiation parameters.
Methods: Different concentrations of [Zn]Zn(NO) (0.6 M, 1.2 M and 1.42 M) in varying normality of nitric acid (0.8-1.5 N) were prepared and irradiated with protons (incident energy ~14 MeV) using a BMLT-2 liquid target at different beam currents (30-50 μA) and irradiation times (30-60 min). The Ga production and saturation yields were calculated and compared. [Ga]GaCl was isolated using in-house developed hydroxamate resin and optimized for routine application. Recycling of [Zn]Zn(NO) from the recovered target solution was also investigated.
Results: On increasing concentration of [Zn]Zn(NO) from 0.6 M to 1.2 M in 0.8 N nitric acid, decay corrected yield of Ga at EOB was found to be 1.64 GBq (44.4 mCi) and 3.37 GBq (91.0 mCi), respectively at 30 μA beam current, indicating production yield was proportional to zinc nitrate concentration for a 30 min irradiation. However, when beam current was increased to 40 μA while maintaining nitric acid concentration at 0.8 N, the proportional relationship of Zn-concentration with Ga production yield was lost [0.6 M, 2.29 GBq (61.9 mCi); 1.2 M, 3.6 GBq (97.3 mCi)] for a 30 min irradiation. In fact, the effect was more profound for 60 min irradiations [0.6 M, 2.96 GBq (80.0 mCi); 1.2 M, 4.25 GBq (115 mCi)]. Increasing nitric acid concentration to 1.25-1.5 N improved Ga production yield for 40 μA, 60-min irradiations (1.2 M; 5.17 GBq (140 mCi)). MP-AES analysis showed metal impurities as <0.20 μg Ga (n = 3), <0.93 μg Zn (n = 3) and < 2.7 μg Fe (n = 3). Based on above finding, 1.42 M [Zn]Zn(NO) in 1.2 N-HNO solutions were also studied to achieve highest production yields of 9.85 ± 2.09 GBq (266 ± 57 mCi) for 60 min irradiation at 40 μA beam current. After recycling,> 99% pure recycled [Zn]zinc nitrate was obtained in 82.6 ± 13.6% yield.
Conclusions: Ga production yields were dependent on all four variables: concentrations of [Zn]Zn(NO) and nitric acid, beam current and duration of irradiation. Of note, increasing beam current and irradiation time may require increased concentrations of nitric acid to achieve expected increments in Ga production yield.
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