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First astatine-labeled compound shipped in the U.S.
The Department of Energy’s National Isotope Development Center (NIDC) on March 31 announced the successful long-distance shipment in the United States of a biologically active compound labeled with the medical radioisotope astatine-211 (At-211). Because previous shipments have included only the “bare” isotope, the NIDC has described the development as “unleashing medical innovation.”
Abdelaziz Bouchikhi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 79 | Number 2 | February 2023 | Pages 168-178
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2022.2136924
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A detailed study on the capacitively coupled radio-frequency (CCRF) argon discharge with metastable atom density and the effect pressure has been undertaken. Specifically, dielectric layers of borosilicate glass and alumina were introduced to the discharge to examine their influence on the discharge characteristics and to study the properties of the plasma. A model for the argon plasma based on the three moments of the Boltzmann equation together with the Poisson equation was used. The properties of the argon plasma presented are based on the averaged cycle, especially the electron temperature, the electric potential, and the metastable atom density. The electron temperature and the metastable atom density decreased in the presence of the dielectric layers, whereas the electric potential had a high value. Sensitivity analysis showed that the surface charge concentrations on the borosilicate glass and alumina dielectrics and the gap voltage increased with the increase of the relative permittivity; the plasma parameters also increased with increasing gap voltage.