| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878724 | Applied Radiation and Isotopes | 2013 | 5 Pages |
•Design and performance of an automated radionuclide separator for 99Tc are presented.•A control software developed in the LabView is given in detail.•An automated radiochemical method for separating 99Tc is presented.•The automated separator is validated by the purification of 99mTc tracer solution.
A modular automated radionuclide separator for 99Tc (MARS Tc-99) has been developed for the rapid and reproducible separation of technetium in groundwater samples. The control software of MARS Tc-99 was developed in the LabView programming language. An automated radiochemical method for separating 99Tc was developed and validated by the purification of 99mTc tracer solution eluted from a commercial 99Mo/99mTc generator. The chemical recovery and analytical time for this radiochemical method were found to be 96±2% and 81 min, respectively.
