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Niobium as Preferential Material for Cyclotron Target Windows

Published:2024-05-27 Issue:2 Volume:8 Page:33
ISSN:2410-390X
Container-title:Instruments
language:en
Short-container-title:Instruments

Author:

do Carmo Sergio J. C.¹²^ORCID,Alves Francisco²³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. ICNAS Pharma, Institute for Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health, University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal

2. CIBIT/ICNAS, Institute for Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health, University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal

3. Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Coimbra Health School, 3045-093 Coimbra, Portugal

Abstract

The present work promotes and validates the benefits of using niobium instead of Havar® as the material for the target windows in most routine irradiations in cyclotrons. Calculation of the material activation and measurements of the contamination of the transferred target liquids show major improvements with the use of niobium. Also, the data of the daily routine productions at our production center are presented, proving that Havar® is not mandatory unless large target currents and/or pressures are required.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2410-390X/8/2/33/pdf

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