Abstract
Scandium-47 is one of the most promising medical radioisotopes, and its production and trace separation make it an attractive candidate for theranostic application. In this study, the production of no-carrier-added (NCA) 47Sc through the natTi(n,p) reaction and subsequent purification using liquid–liquid extraction was done for the theranostic application. The comparative separation of NCA 47Sc after the dissolution of an activated Ti target using Di-2-Ethylhexyl Phosphoric Acid (HDEHP) in kerosene was evaluated. The extraction process was optimized in terms of the concentration of extractant, extraction time, pH, and reaction temperature to achieve the maximum possible separation. HDEHP is efficient and promising for rapid extraction and separation of NCA 47Sc from Ti ions at low acidity (pH 0.85) with high extraction percent (>99%), contaminated with 22.3% of Ti ions after 5 min of extraction time. Different stripping reagents were used to separate loaded 47Sc and Ti ions. Firstly, 5 M HCl was enough for stripping the loaded Ti ions. Then the loaded 47Sc was separated with a purity of 100% using 0.05 M NaOH. The obtained results find the HDEHP a promising extractant for efficient separation of 47Sc from irradiated Ti target for preparing the 47Sc radiopharmaceuticals for theranostics applications.
Funding source: The Scientific, Technology & Innovation Funding Authority, Egypt, STDF Research Contract
Award Identifier / Grant number: 43337
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Author contribution: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved the submission.
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Research funding: This work was financially supported by the Scientific, Technology & Innovation Funding Authority, Egypt, STDF Research Contract No: 43337. The PI of this project (M.F. Attallah) would like to acknowledge and extend appreciation to the ETRR-2 crew at the EAEA for their valuable assistance in the production of requested radioisotopes in due time.
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Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.
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