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CYCLOTRON TARGETS
 Targets type
 Solid
 Liquid
 GAS
Engr. Ahmed Al-Ghaith
Senior Cyclotron Engineer
Cyclotron & Radiopharmaceuticals Department
Research Center
PRODUCTION OF GALLIUM AND THALLIUM
 Gallium-67 Production
Nuclear reaction: Zn-68(p,2n) Ga-67
Half Life: 78 Hours.
Proto Energy: 26 Mev
Target Design: Electroplating of Zinc onto
copper.
Internal or External beam.
Solid Target
Solid Target
Solid Target
Solid Target
Solid Target
PRODUCTION OF GALLIUM AND THALLIUM
PRODUCTION OF GALLIUM AND THALLIUM
PRODUCTION OF GALLIUM AND
THALLIUM
 Thallium-201 Production
Nuclear Reaction: TL-203(p,3n)Pb-201 --- Tl-201
Half Life: 73 Hours
Proton Energy: 29 Mev
Target Design: Electroplating of Thallium onto a copper
plate.
Internal or External beam.
PRODUCTION OF IODINE-123
Production:
Solid and Gaseous target have been used
Nuclear Reactions:
Te-124(p,2n)I-123 solid material enriched Te
Half Life: 13.2 Hours
Target Design: depend on the physical state
of the target material
PRODUCTION OF IODINE-123
PRODUCTION OF IODINE-123
PRODUCTION OF IODINE-123
Gas Target
Target side foil
(showing beam effect)
Double seal target side
PRODUCTION OF IODINE-123
Gas Target
Gas Target
Gas
Transfer
Gas Target
Gas
Expand
Gas Target
Irradiation
Gas Target
Washout
PRODUCTION OF IODINE-123
Concentration Unit
PRODUCTION OF IODINE-123
Production of Rubidium-81m
 Production
Nuclear Reaction:Kr-82(p,2n)Rb-81Kr-81m
Rb-81 Half Life: 4.58 Hr
Kr-81m Half Life: 13 sec.
Target Design: Gas targets are always used.
Recovery of radionuclide: target is washed
clean of activity.
Production of Rubidium-81m
Liquid Target
 Nitrogen-13
Nuclear Reaction
16O (p, 留) 13N
Half Life 10 minutes
Proton energy 8- 16 Mev
External beam
Liquid Target
Liquid Target

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