Table 3.

Comparison of requirements for [^6xCu]CuCl₂ separation vs. other recent literature [reagents for target preparation and recycling not considered]

	This study	(Ohya et al. 2016, 2019)	(Matarrese et al. 2010)	(Jalilian et al. 2007)	(Strangis and Lepera 2007)	(Thieme et al. 2012)
Product isotope	⁶¹Cu	⁶⁴Cu	⁶⁰^/64Cu	⁶⁴Cu	⁶¹Cu	⁶⁴Cu
Starting material	^natNi	⁶⁴Ni	^60/64Ni	⁶⁸Zn	^natNi	⁶⁴Ni
Automated	Yes	Yes	Yes	No ^b	Partial	Partial
Disposable cassette-based purification	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Prep. Time	< 1 h	1 day	- ^a	- ^a	- ^a	- ^a
Process time (min)	65 ± 3	~ 150	≥ 42 ^b	105	90–120	~ 200
Total process acid consumption	160 mmol	> 200 mmol	460 mmol	> 1000 mmol	- ^a	> 85 ^b
Organics	No	Acetone	No	No	No	No
Radiochemical yield (%)	90.4 ± 3.2	88 ± 3	95	95	25–48	> 90
Formulation as stated	2 mL, < 0.1 M HCl	Evaporated then reconstituted in ≥10 mL UPW	10 mL, 0.5 M HCl	50 mL, 2 M HCl	- ^a	Evaporated then reconstituted in 0.4 mL, 0.01 M HCl

^acould not be determined from article

^bnot explicitly stated, assumed from context