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Ge-68/Zr-88
Integrated Target Process (1)
•Place gallium target (~4 g) and niobium encapsulation (~5 g) in ~ 60 mL Conc. HF
•Slowly add ~ 10 mL Conc. HNO3 to dissolve
•Add ~15 mL Conc. H2SO4 ; reduce volume by evaporation to ~15 mL to remove HF
•Add ~120 mL Conc. HCl
•Extract Ge into CCl4
•Back extract Ge into H2O