Electroplating/electrodissolution/recovery cycle for rhodium target used for an industrial scale cyclotron production of palladium-l03

Autor: Hossein Afarideh, Gholamreza Raisali, Mahdi Sadeghi, P. Van den Winkel
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Radiochimica Acta. 94:217-221
ISSN: 2193-3405
0033-8230
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2006.94.4.217
Popis: Summary Electrodeposition of rhodium metal on a copper backing was performed in acidic sulfate media using RhCl3 · 3 H2O, Rh2(SO4)3 (recovered from hydrochloric acid solution) and also the commercially available Rhodex plating baths. This work describes the development of a high current density (2.4 A·cm-2) electrodissolution system that allows solubilisation of rhodium fragments, powder and pieces of foils and wires in the presence of hydrochloric and chlorine gas. Solvent-solvent extraction of no-carrier-added 103Pd from the irradiated rhodium target with a-furyldioxime into chloroform under the influence of hydrochloric acid concentration was investigated. The extraction yield was 85.3% for a single extraction with 0.37 M HCl, and 103Pd was more than 99% pure.
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