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. 2020 Jan 10;5:2. doi: 10.1186/s41181-019-0088-x

Table 3.

Solubility of different substances of interest for the production of emerging radiometals, in water at 1 atm pressure and 25 °C (Handbook of chemistry and physics 2005)

Intended Target Salt Solubility of the salt in water @ 25 °C (g/100 g H2O) Maximum concentration of target material in water @ 25 °C (g/100 g H2O)
Radiometal Element
43Sc / 44Sc Ca Ca (NO3)2 144 35
61Cu/68Ga Zn Zn (NO3)2 120 41
ZnCl2 408 196
61Cu/64Cu Ni Ni (NO3)2 99,2 32
86Y Sr Sr (NO3)2 80 33
89Zr Y Y (NO3)3 149 48
YCl3 75 34
94mTc Mo (NH4)6Mo7O24 43 4,4
63Zn Cu Cu (NO3)2 145 49