RE: Contaminants in Rb-86?

[alstonchris@netscape.net]

John



There was a relatively long-lived contalminant of Rb-86 that was sold by NEN some years ago.  We discovered it on scanning long-decayed stock vials.I'm sorry, but cannot remember the nuclide.  I suggest that you give them a ring.



Cheers

cja



John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

>We wee analyzing a mixed waste sample that we were

>told contained Ca-45, P-32, H-3, and Rb-86.  The LSC

>looked like Ca-45, however, the gamma spectrum showed

>Cs-134.  There were two distinct, but lines at 795.76

>and 604.66 with an estimated activity of 0.3 nCi.  The

>only idea I had is that there is a contaminant in the

>target material used to make the Rb-86.  (We have see

>Eu-154 contaminants in Sm-153 waste do to the

>bombardment of the target material.)

>

>Has anyone else seen or knows about the Rb-86?



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