Table 4 Thick target yields and impurity level in the production of 72As using 96.4% enriched 72Ge target.

From: Excitation functions of 72Ge(p,xn)72,71As reactions from threshold up to 45 MeV for production of the non-standard positron emitter 72As

Energy range (MeV)

Thick target yield (MBq/µAh)72As

Thick target yield (MBq/µAh)71As

Percentage impurity % (71As)

Percentage impurity % (73As)

Percentage impurity % (74As)

14 → 7

272.1

0.0

0.0

˂ 0.05

˂ 0.01

15 → 7

310.3

2.7

0.8

˂ 0.05

˂ 0.01

16 → 7

340.7

8.8

2.6

˂ 0.05

˂ 0.01

18 → 7

380.8

28.1

7.4

˂ 0.05

˂ 0.01

22 → 7

419.7

83.8

19.9

˂ 0.05

˂ 0.01

25 → 7

434.1

119.2

27.5

˂ 0.05

˂ 0.01

22 → 7 (Spahn et al. 2007) using natGe

114.1

28.1

24.6

  

22 → 7 (Dimitriev 1981) using natGe

135

32

23.7