Abstract
230Ra and its daughter 230Ac were produced by the reaction of 60 MeV/u 18O with ThO2. Using 133Ba, 224Ra and 212Pb–212Bi as tracers, 0.1M NH4EDTA–0.3M NH4-acetate solution as eluent, the relationship between pH and elution peaks, and the influence of the amount of Ba2+ carrier on the elution curve in cation exchange procedures were tested. Based on the results of conditional experiments, a procedure suitable for isolation of radium from the ThO2 irradiated with 60 MeV/u 18O beam was developed. The results demonstrated that the decontamination effectiveness for main reaction products, specially for barium, was satisfactory.
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