{"title":"Alpha-hydroxyisobutyric acid-assisted solid-liquid chromatography for the separation of lutetium-177 from neutron-irradiated natural ytterbium","authors":"Aulia Arivin Billah, Kukuh Eka Prasetya, Fany Triyatna, Daya Agung Sarwono, Abidin Abidin, Fernanto Rindiyantono, Maiyesni Maiyesni, Miftakul Munir, Indra Saptiama, Rien Ritawidya, Agustino Zulys","doi":"10.1515/ract-2023-0234","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The production method of no-carrier added Lutetium-177 (<jats:sup>177</jats:sup>Lu) was developed from a neutron-activated natural ytterbium (Yb) using column chromatography separation method. Dowex W50 X8 resin and a combination of alpha-hydroxyisobutyric acid (α-HIBA) and hydrochloric acid (HCl) were used as column filler and eluent, respectively. HCl increased the desorption and separation between <jats:sup>177</jats:sup>Lu and Yb at a concentration of 0.25 M, while the optimal α-HIBA concentration was 0.15 M, resulting in <jats:sup>177</jats:sup>Lu yield of 81.19 % and low impurities (<jats:sup>175</jats:sup>Yb: 9.28 %, and <jats:sup>169</jats:sup>Yb: 2.09 %). Nevertheless, further study using an enriched <jats:sup>176</jats:sup>Yb target is essential to significantly increase the specific activity of <jats:sup>177</jats:sup>Lu.","PeriodicalId":21167,"journal":{"name":"Radiochimica Acta","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Radiochimica Acta","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1515/ract-2023-0234","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The production method of no-carrier added Lutetium-177 (177Lu) was developed from a neutron-activated natural ytterbium (Yb) using column chromatography separation method. Dowex W50 X8 resin and a combination of alpha-hydroxyisobutyric acid (α-HIBA) and hydrochloric acid (HCl) were used as column filler and eluent, respectively. HCl increased the desorption and separation between 177Lu and Yb at a concentration of 0.25 M, while the optimal α-HIBA concentration was 0.15 M, resulting in 177Lu yield of 81.19 % and low impurities (175Yb: 9.28 %, and 169Yb: 2.09 %). Nevertheless, further study using an enriched 176Yb target is essential to significantly increase the specific activity of 177Lu.