Abstract

The characteristics of zirconium molybdate gels were described in Part I of this paper. Here it is shown that zirconium molybdate gel, prepared from neutron irradiated molybdenum oxide with 99Mo specific activities between 4.3 and 13.5 GBq g −1 is sufficiently stable for use as a matrix in preparation of high activity 99mTc generators. Elution efficiencies of generators containing from 2 to 6 g of gel ranged from 83 to 50% for 10 mL elutions. Generators containing 150 g of gel were eluted with efficiencies of 80–98%, with the activity peak in the first 50 mL. Radionuclidic impurities were considerably below the limits set by the British Pharmacopoeia. Although the pH of eluates was less than 4, subsequent treatment with a small zirconium oxide bed provided adjustment to within BP limits, and reduced 99Mo impurity levels tenfold to values near 10 −4%. No significant differences were found between the biodistributions in rats of radiopharmaceuticals prepared with pertechnetate from gel generators and those from other generators.

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