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I have a couple questions but first some background:
Fluorine 18 is used in PET scans as a beta+ emitter. Generally it is created with an 11-18 MeV cyclotron by bombarding Oxygen 18 with protons. I read a paper that said there was an alternative way to produce F 18 by the NEON-20(DEUTERON, ALPHA)FLUORINE-18 reaction that only requires about 1-3 MeV. My question is, are there other ways that any of you know of to transmute a relatively stable isotope into F 18 by, say neutron bombardment?
Another question:
If you wrap Americium 241 with Beryllium foil you create a neutron source that gives off about 5 MeV neutrons. What's neat about that is it's all passive--nothing to plug in, it just works. Is there a way that you can create a Deuteron emitter that works just as simply?
Thanks!
Marlin
Fluorine 18 is used in PET scans as a beta+ emitter. Generally it is created with an 11-18 MeV cyclotron by bombarding Oxygen 18 with protons. I read a paper that said there was an alternative way to produce F 18 by the NEON-20(DEUTERON, ALPHA)FLUORINE-18 reaction that only requires about 1-3 MeV. My question is, are there other ways that any of you know of to transmute a relatively stable isotope into F 18 by, say neutron bombardment?
Another question:
If you wrap Americium 241 with Beryllium foil you create a neutron source that gives off about 5 MeV neutrons. What's neat about that is it's all passive--nothing to plug in, it just works. Is there a way that you can create a Deuteron emitter that works just as simply?
Thanks!
Marlin