Figure 2: Separation of nuclear isomers 177Lu and 177mLu. | Scientific Reports

Figure 2: Separation of nuclear isomers 177Lu and 177mLu.

From: Separation of nuclear isomers for cancer therapeutic radionuclides based on nuclear decay after-effects

Figure 2

(a) Schematic representation of the experimental setup (b) 177mLu/177Lu activity ratio at continuous elution with a flux of 13.42 mm/min and a temperature of 20 °C. (c) γ ray spectra of the mixture injected in the column with photo-peaks having contribution from both 177Lu(*) and 177mLu(#). (d) γ ray spectra of eluted fraction after separation with major photo-peaks from 177Lu(*), less than 0.5% contribution from 177mLu.

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