Radiochemical separation and purification of non-carrier-added silicon-32
Author:
Veicht Mario12, Mihalcea Ionut1, Cvjetinovic Đorđe3, Schumann Dorothea1
Affiliation:
1. Laboratory of Radiochemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) , Forschungsstrasse 111 , CH-5232 Villigen , Switzerland 2. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , Route Cantonale , 1015 Lausanne , Switzerland 3. Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade , Studentski Trg 12-16 , 11158 Belgrade , Serbia
Abstract
Abstract
32Si (T
1/2 = 153(19) y) is an extremely rare, naturally-occurring isotope that has been considered as a geochronometer suitable for radiometric dating over the time span from 100 to 1000 years ago – a time span that has proved rather difficult to explore in this manner. Past attempts to determine the 32Si half-life have resulted in a wide range of values possessing significant uncertainties because only low-activity samples could be made available for such measurements. Utilizing the 590 MeV ring cyclotron at PSI, megabecquerel quantities of 32Si have been produced by exposing metallic vanadium discs to high-energy protons in order to induce spallation. A radiochemical separation procedure has been successfully developed and applied to the irradiated discs as part of the SINCHRON project, based on a combination of ion-exchange and extraction resins. The process was shown to be reliable and robust with a high chemical yield. Radiochemically pure 32Si solutions with activity concentrations of up to several kBq/g can be produced to perform individual measurements (AMS, ICP-MS, LSC) for various studies. Thus, a careful redetermination of the 32Si half-life has become feasible to begin the first steps toward the confident implementation of this radionuclide for geochronological purposes.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subject
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
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