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. 2022 Apr 25;8:697235. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.697235

Table 3.

Gas output (molecules per batch) after separation stage for an N2 target: 11C molecular compounds (in bold) and the corresponding impurities.

7 MeV CYCLONE® VARIAN
Linac KIUBE ProBeam™
Properties of the isotope separation
Separation technique CGS
Separation efficiency [%] 40
Molecular sideband CO2
Output of separation stage (molecules)
10CO2 - - 2 x 104
11 CO 2 5 x 10 11 2 x 10 14 2 x 10 11
12CO2 3 x 1010 5 x 1013 2 x 1012
13CO2 - 1 x 1014 1 x 1012
14CO2 - 3 x 1010 7 x 109
N2, O2, NO2 Unknown Unknown Unknown