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Table 2 Production efficiency at the end of the separation, the product (P) and waste (W) activities

From: Efficiency of ¹²⁴I radioisotope production from natural and enriched tellurium dioxide using ¹²⁴Te(p,xn)¹²⁴I reaction

Beam current [μA]	N\(^{o}\)	Activity P [MBq]	Activity W [MBq]	Activity P+W [MBq]	%P	%W
10	1	16.28	4.44	20.72	78.44	21.56
	2	10.36	3.70	14.06	74.12	25.88
	3	13.69	1.11	14.80	93.37	6.63
	4	17.76	0.74	18.50	95.93	4.07
	5	11.84	4.07	15.91	74.33	25.67
	6	17.39	3.33	20.72	83.25	16.75
	7	24.42	0.74	25.16	97.19	2.81
	8	22.20	1.11	23.31	94.79	5.21
	9	12.95	1.48	14.43	90.83	9.17
15	10*	52.17	4.07	56.61	92.59	7.41

The irradiation parameters: beam current 10 μA (N\(^{o}\): 1–9) and 15 μA (N\(^{o}\): 10 denoted with *), irradiation time of 1.5 h, Havar foil thickness of 0.2 mm

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