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New data on Ho(α,x) reactions and the aspects of 167Tm and 165Er production for medical use

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The production cross sections of 163,165,166,167,168Tm in alpha-particle induced reactions on 165Ho were measured in 27–60 MeV energy range using the stacked-foil activation technique. The thick target yield of the medical isotope 167Tm is 2.22 MBq/µAh. The radioisotope 165Tm that can be used in the generator system to obtain 165Er is also produced. The measured excitation functions were compared with the data from TENDL-2019 and TENDL-2021 libraries and the previous experimental values. Various methods of 165Tm and 165Er production were compared. The reaction 165Ho(α,4n)165Tm → 165Er was considered as a potential method for the production of 165Er.

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This work was done with the financial support of the National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", order No. 2751. The authors dedicate the work to the memory of their colleague Sergei Terent’evich Latushkin, who until the last days of his life helped in performing experiments on the cyclotron.

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Kormazeva, E.S., Khomenko, I.A., Unezhev, V.N. et al. New data on Ho(α,x) reactions and the aspects of 167Tm and 165Er production for medical use. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 331, 4259–4269 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-022-08464-1

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