Knust E J, Dutschka K, Weinreich R
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Essen, Germany.
Appl Radiat Isot. 2000 Feb;52(2):181-4. doi: 10.1016/s0969-8043(99)00127-x.
The 4.15-d radionuclide 124I is produced via the nuclear reaction 124Te(d, 2n) 124I by irradiation of 96% enriched 124TeO2 with 14 MeV deuterons, followed by thermodistillation. In order to minimise the loss of 124I, the quartz distillation tube was fitted to a stainless steel helix capillary trap directly behind the end of the furnace. Using this device, distillation yields of more than 80% were routinely obtained, and the activity was concentrated in markedly less than 100 microL solution. The 124I produced by this method proved to be useful for labelling proteins and IUdR.
