Purification and activity standardisation of a 166mHo solution
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| Title: | Purification and activity standardisation of a 166mHo solution |
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| Authors: | Nedjadi, Youcef1, Spring, Philippe1, Bailat, Claude claude.bailat@chuv.ch, Froidevaux, P.1, Wastiel, C.1, Bochud, François1 |
| Source: | Applied Radiation & Isotopes. Jun2008, Vol. 66 Issue 6/7, p900-904. 5p. |
| Subjects: | Chromatographic analysis, Nuclear counters, Analytical chemistry, Phase partition |
| Abstract: | Abstract: As part of a project to use the long-lived (T 1/2=1200a) 166mHo as reference source in its reference ionisation chamber, IRA standardised a commercially acquired solution of this nuclide using the 4πβ–γ coincidence and 4πγ (NaI) methods. The 166mHo solution supplied by Isotope Product Laboratories was measured to have about 5% Europium impurities (3% 154Eu, 0.94% 152Eu and 0.9% 155Eu). Holmium had therefore to be separated from europium, and this was carried out by means of ion-exchange chromatography. The holmium fractions were collected without europium contamination: 162h long HPGe gamma measurements indicated no europium impurity (detection limits of 0.01% for 152Eu and 154Eu, and 0.03% for 155Eu). The primary measurement of the purified 166mHo solution with the 4π (PC) β–γ coincidence technique was carried out at three gamma energy settings: a window around the 184.4keV peak and gamma thresholds at 121.8 and 637.3keV. The results show very good self-consistency, and the activity concentration of the solution was evaluated to be 45.640±0.098kBq/g (0.21% with k=1). The activity concentration of this solution was also measured by integral counting with a well-type 5″×5″ NaI(Tl) detector and efficiencies computed by Monte Carlo simulations using the GEANT code. These measurements were mutually consistent, while the resulting weighted average of the 4π NaI(Tl) method was found to agree within 0.15% with the result of the 4πβ–γ coincidence technique. An ampoule of this solution and the measured value of the concentration were submitted to the BIPM as a contribution to the Système International de Référence. [Copyright &y& Elsevier] |
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