Re: I-129 in C-14 Sodium Acetate

[D J Hornsey <bssdjh@bath.ac.uk>]

As the ampoules are sealed, you have not done any chemistry on them, so
I'm assuming you're picking up x-rays from the compound. At activities of
18.5 MBq, the C-14 betas will be giving a significant flux of
bremmsstrahlung. Could this be the explanation?

David Hornsey
University of Bath
Bath UK
<d.j.hornsey@bath.ac.uk> 

On Wed, 9 Oct 1996, Ralph NORTH wrote:

>      
>      We have several sealed ampules of Sodium Acetate-1-14C (.5 mCi each). 
>      There seems to be a small (nCi) amount of I-129 in each one. Any 
>      explanations? 
>