Re: F-18 production

[John Harvey <harveyj@mcmail.CIS.McMaster.CA>]

I suggest that you contact Dr.Gunter Firnau at McMaster University. He 
can be reached by phone at (905) 521-2100, extension 5671. His FAX number 
is (905) 546-1125.

He has had extensive experience at producing F-18 by irradiating lithium 
carbonate and developed techniques for minimizing self-absorbtion. He has 
also produced F-18 at a FN accelerator and currently uses an RDS 
cyclotron. He is also a great radiochemist, and if you contemplate 
syntheses, he is worth talking to.

Good luck
John

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John Harvey                            | McMaster University
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harveyj@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca         | Hamilton, Ont Canada L8S 4K1

On Wed, 4 Sep 1996, David Hearnsberger wrote:

> If anyone has any information or fingers to point me in the right direction
> for the following problem, please do so:
> 
> I am looking for some detailed information about the production of F-18 from
> irradiation of Li2CO3. Currently, the reaction that I know of is as follows:
> 
> Li-6 (n , alpha) H3(tritium) with a Q-value of 4.78 MeV; the tritons emitted
> in the process produce F-18 following the O-16 (3H, n)F-18 reaction.
>