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The preparation of high specific activity copper-64 for medical diagnosis

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Abstract

The specific activity of 64Cu produced by the neutron irradiation of copper is too low to be used in some in vitro tests for metabolic diagnosis. This report describes the use of the Szilard-Chalmers reaction to increase the specific activity to useful levels.

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