1987•Sov. Radiochem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)Requires access
Enrichment of americium 242m and americium 242 isotopes by the Szilard-Chalmers method using an americium-242 diphthalocyanine complex
B.S. Kalinichenko, V.G. Kulazhko, I.K. Shvetsov
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Abstract
Americium 242m and americium 242 were prepared by reactor irradiation of americium 241 as its diphthalocyanine complex. The product atoms were extracted from the parent isotope at an enrichment factor of 10. A Dowex 50 chromatographic column raised the factor to 24.6.