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TY - UNPB AU - Ghergherehchi, M. AU - Afarideh, H. AU - Chai, J.-S. ED - Conradie, Lowry ED - De Villiers, John Garrett ED - Schaa, Volker RW TI - Vanadium-48 Production Yield Investigation Using TiO₂ Nano Powder Targets J2 - Proc. of Cyclotrons2019, Cape Town, South Africa, 23-27 September 2019 CY - Cape Town, South Africa T2 - International Conference on Cyclotrons and their Applications T3 - 22 LA - english AB - Vanadium-48 (t1/2=15.98d) has been considered as a cyclotron radiopharmaceutical for PET applications. In this research, Vanadium-48 has been produced through the proton bombardment of the natural TiO₂ Nano-powder (50 nm, 99.9%) target via natTi(p, xn)48V reaction using a 30 MeV cyclotron by developing an aluminium disc targetry. The titanium target was irradiated by 10 µA current with 16 MeV proton beam energy. Obtained activity of 48V was compared with calculated theoretical activity for the thick targets. Moreover, 48V production yields were investigated to evaluate of Nano-size materials effects on the yield of production. Resulted data show good agreement between experimental and calculated values, and also Nano-size materials effects as well. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland ER -