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Applied Radiation and Isotopes (ISSN 0969-8043) is published monthly by Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, U.K. The annual subscription in the U.S.A. is $1382.00 Applied Radiation and Isotopes is distributed by Mercury Airfreight International Ltd, 10 Camptown Road, Irvington, NJ 07111-1105, U.S.A. Postmaster: Please send address corrections to Applied Radiation and Isotopes, c/o Elsevier Science Regional Sales Office, Customer Support Department, 655 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10010, U.S.A. CONTENTS OF VOLUME 47 Number 1 W. L. McLaughlin and D. M. Taylor iii Editorial Radiochemistry and Radionuclide Applications Susanta Lahiri, Shobhandev Banerjee 1 LLX separation of carrier-free “’Sc, ““V and “49*'Cr produced in and N. R. Das a-particle activated titanium with HDEHP B. A. Rhodes, C. R. Lambert, M. J. Marek, Re-188 labelled antibodies F. F. Knapp Jr and E. B. Harvey Shuddhodan P. Mishra, Vinod K. Singh Radiotracer technique in adsorption study: Part XIV. Efficient and Diwakar Tiwari removal of mercury from aqueous solutions by hydrous zirconium oxide Technical Notes B.-T. Hsieh, A. P. Callahan, A. L. Beets, Ascorbic acid/saline eluant increases '**Re yields after “wet” G. Ting and F. F. (Russ) Knapp Jr storage of '**W/'*®Re generators J. Ramirez G., J. L. Iturbe G. Separation of plutonium from irradiated uranium and identified by and M. Solache-Rios a-spectroscopy M. N. Alam, M. I. Chowdhury, Radioactivity of '4Cs, '°"Cs and “K in sea-water of the Bay of Masud Kamal, S. Ghose, N. Mahmood, Bengal A. K. M. A.-Matin and S. Q. Saikat Synthesis of Labelled Compounds K. Kawai, H. Ohta, M. A. Channing, 37 Synthesis of polymer-bound 6-mercuric carboxylate DOPA A. Kubodera and W. C. Eckelman precursors and solid phase labelling method of 6-radioiodinated L-DOPA J. Gunawan, S. Zijlstra and Routine production of 14(R,S)-['*F]fluoro-6-thia-heptadecanoic G. Notohamiprodjo acid by a microcomputer controlled module F. Riche, M. Vidal, J. P. Mathieu, Synthese de polyamines macrocycliques. Complexation du coeur R. Pasqualini, D. Fagret and M. Comet [°™TcOs ] et biodistribution des complexes formes P. H. Elsinga, E. Fluks, E. J. F. Franssen, Synthesis of [''C]methyl ketones via [''C]methylation of dithiane G. M. Visser and W. Vaalburg intermediates F. Fiichtner, J. Steinbach, P. Mading Basic hydrolysis of 2-['* F]fluoro-1,3,4,6-tetra-O -acetyl-p-glucose in and B. Johannsen the preparation of 2-['* F]fluoro-2-deoxy-p-glucose Toru Sasaki, Shinn-ichi Ishii, Synthesis of [78-methoxy ''C]methoxy staurosporine for imaging Michio Senda, Shiro Akinaga protein kinase C localization in the brain and Chikara Murakata Vijayalakshmi V. Somayajji, Optimization of protein conjugation using an aldehyde derivatized Thomas R. Sykes, Selvaraj S. Naicker bifunctional chelating agent and Antoine A. Noujaim Technical Note John L. Musachio, Kathryn I. Keverline, 79 3B-(p-trimethylsilylphenyl)tropane-2£ -carboxylic acid methyl F. Ivy Carroll and Robert F. Dannals ester: a new precursor for the preparation of ['?IJRTI-55 Radioactivity and Radiation Measurements Shan-Wen Lin, Pao-Shan Weng 83 Effects of various storage times and photon energies on the kinetic and Pin-Chieh Hsu parameters of glow curves of CaF,:Tm (TLD-300) Giingér Yener and Ismail Uysal 93 Low energy scintillation spectrometry for direct determinations of 238LJ and ?!°Pb in coal and ash samples Alfredo A. Marchetti and Tore Straume 97 A search for neutron reactions that may be useful for Hiroshima dose reconstruction M. Czauderna, M. Turska and B. Sitowska Use of INAA to study the determination of Se, Th, Zn, Co and Fe levels of yeast cells Ill IV Contents of Volume 47 I. Gamboa-deBuen and M. E. Brandan 111 Influence of annealing on TLD-100 response to 5.3 MeV «-particles P. G. Benny and B. C. Bhatt 115 Investigation of TL properties of sand collected from sewage sludge as an “in situ’? dosimeter in radiation disinfection Technical Note Makoto Takiue, Takashi Natake, Haruo Fujii Accuracy of Cerenkov measurements using a liquid scintillation and Tamaru Aburai spectrometer Letters to the Editors R. J. Talbot, D. Newton and S. N. Dmitriev The half-life of ?>’Pu: a rebuttal of Baba’s criticism M. Jurado Vargas and F. Fernandez de Soto On the determination of **Ra and **Ra from their daughter products in electrodeposited sources of radium Gary J. Hancock and Paul Martin Reply to Vargas and de Soto Events Number 2 Radiochemistry and Radionuclide Applications Roy H. Larsen, Bruce W. Wieland 135 Evaluation of an internal cyclotron target for the production of and Michael R. Zalutsky ITA t via the 7°Bi(«,2n)*!'At reaction N. G. Zaitseva, V. I. Stegailov, V. A. Khalkin, 145 Metal technetium target and target chemistry for the production of N. G. Shakun, P. T. Shishlyannikov "Ru via the *Tc(p,3n) °’Ru reaction and K. G. Bukov M. Czauderna, M. Turska, S. Sierakowska Use of INAA to study the interaction between Se and Te in cells and S. Smolinski of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Shu-Ying Lai, Pao-Shan Weng Concentrations of '*’Cs in soils and selected forest plants in Taiwan and Tieh-Chi Chu Ryoko Fujiyoshi, Tomoo Gomei Sorption of Zn(II) on marine sediments by a_ sequential and Meiseki Katayama extraction—radiotracer technique Noriko Shigeta, Richard M. Lambrecht, Tantalum-183: cyclotron production of a neutron-rich biomedical H. Matsuoka, A. Osa, M. Koizumi, tracer K. Kobayashi, M. Izumo, K. Hashimoto and T. Sekine Radiation Sources and Applications Fouad A. S. Soliman 175 Radiation testing of fiber optic systems Emin N. Ozmutlu and Asuman Aydin 185 Monte-Carlo calculations of low energy positrons in copper D. K. Koul, A. K. Singhvi, K. S. V. Nambi, 191 Feasibility of estimating firing temperature using the 110°C TL C. L. Bhat and P. K. Gupta peak of quartz Synthesis of Labelled Compounds Kazuyuki Hashimoto, Sri Bagiawati, 195 Synthesis of '**Re-MDP complex using carrier-free '**Re Mishiroku Izumo and Katsutoshi Kobayashi Isabel Vandersteene and Guido Slegers 201 Synthesis of (R)-1-(4-[!'C]-p-methoxyphenyl-4-phenyl-3-butenyl)- 3-piperidinecarboxylic acid for positron emission tomography of the GABA uptake carrier Te-Wei Lee, Chang-Shinn Su and Gann Ting Synthesis, reactivity and "Tc labelling of 2-alkoxyisobutyliso- nitrile Terence G. Hamill, H. Donald Burns, Development of [''C]L-159,884: a radiolabelled, nonpeptide Robert F. Dannals, William B. Mathews, angiotensin II antagonist that is useful for angiotensin II, AT, John L. Musachio, Hayden T. Ravert receptor imaging and Elizabeth M. Naylor Contents of Volume 47 Radioactivity and Radiation Measurements D. V. Rao, R. Cesareo and G. E. Gigante 219 Elastic and Compton scattering cross sections in the atomic region I2<Z <82 Ludwik Loska and Jacek Ptasinski 229 Selection of single peaks in semiconductor detector y-spectra Makoto Yanaga, Shuichi Enomoto, 235 Multitracer study on uptake and excretion of trace elements in rats Rieko Hirunuma, Riko Furuta, Kazutoyo Endo, Akira Tanaka, Shizuko Ambe, Machiko Tozawa and Fumitoshi Ambe A. A. Naqvi, M. M. Nagadi, S. Shaheen Energy resolution measurements of benzene, toluene and and Abdul Bari cyclohexane scintillators for monoenergetic )-rays F. Abdel-Rehim, A. A. Abdel-Fattah, Improvement of the CTA dosimetric properties by the selection of S. Ebrahim and Z. I. Ali readout wavelength and the calculation of the spectrophotometric quantity Technical Note H. H. Mai, Ng. D. Duong and T. Kojima y-Ray dose intercomparison in the absorbed dose range, 5-50 kGy, using dichromate and alanine dosimeters Events Corrigendum Number 3 Radiochemistry and Radionuclide Applications Shyh-Jen Wang, Wang-Yu Lin, 267 Radiolabelling of Lipiodol with generator-produced '**Re for Min-Nan Chen, Bor-Tsung Hsieh, hepatic tumor therapy Lie-Hang Shen, Zei-Tsan Tsai, Gann Ting and F. F. (Russ) Knapp Jr M. Jimenez-Reyes and F. J. Sanchez-Aguirre Sodium and chlorineconcentrationsin mixed saliva of healthy and cystic fibrosis children Jean N. DaSilva, Alan A. Wilson, Synthesis and autoradiographic localization of the dopamine D-1 Jose N. Nobrega, Dilshad Jiwa and agonists [''C]SKF 75670 and [''C]SKF 82957 as potential PET Sylvain Houle radioligands Shu-Ying Lai, Pao-Shan Weng 285 Potential bio-indicatorfor soil contaminationin semi-tropicalarea and Tieh-Chi Chu Ekaterina Dadachova, Suzanne V. Smith 289 Electrolytic reduction of carrier-free '**Re and Saed Mirzadeh S. K. Das, R. Guin and S. K. Saha 293 Carrier-free separation of '''In from a silver matrix Technical Note Vladimir Tolmachey and Hans Lundqvist 297 Rapid separation of gallium from zinc targets by thermal diffusion Letter to the Editors T. Y. Toribara 301 Limiting oxidation during radioiodination Radiation Sources and Applications S. Takacs, F. Tarkanyi and S. M. Qaim 303 Excitation function of 7*?Ne(p,n¥’Na reaction: possibility of production of 7*Na at a small cyclotron Xiufeng Peng, Xianguan Long, Fuqin He 309 Excitation functions and yields of the reactions induced by and Mantian Liu alpha-particle bombardment of natural silver Technical Note J. A. Oyedele Optimum experimental parameters for void determinations by radiation interrogation Contents of Volume 47 Radioactivity and Radiation Measurements Steven J. Severtson and Sujit Banerjee 319 An efficient approach to the direct liquid scintillation counting of '4C labeled organic compounds sorbed to pulped wood fibers Robert K. Mansfield, Dibakar Bhattacharyya, 323 Scintillation proximity radioimmunoassay with microporous Neil G. Hartman and Michael Jay membranes V. P. Chechev, A. G. Egorov and 329 Measurements and evaluation of absolute emission probabilities G. E. Shchukin for soft photons of '*Gd, '*Eu and '’ Yb E. A. Ignatiev, A. A. Romanyukha, Selective saturation method for EPR dosimetry with tooth enamel A. A. Koshta and A. Wieser L. C. Longoria and J. S. Benitez Full energy peak efficiency of a Ge detector as a function of energy and distance A. A. Abdel-Fattah, S. Ebraheem, High-dose film dosimeters based on bromophenol blue or xylenol M. El-Kelaney and F. Abdel-Rehim orange dyed polyvinyl alcohol G. S. Randhawa and H. S. Virk Track etching characteristics of glass track detectors J. C. Strong, J. P. Morlier, G. Monchaux, Intercomparison of measurement techniques used in radon R. W. Bartstra, J. S. Groen exposure facilities for animals in Europe and S. T. Baker Technical Notes K. H. Lee and S. Kandaiya Estimation of breast radiation dose in a mammographic system L. M. Chaudhari and M. T. Teli Linear attenuation (or absorption) coefficient of gamma radiation for dilute solutions of potassium chloride Nuclear Geophysics K. Mitsui, T. Aoki, Y. Muraki, H. Kojima, 369 Fluctuations of the radiation intensity in the underground S. Shibata, Y. Ohashi, A. Okada and T. Takahashi M. Turk, B. Volaric Radon activity concentrationin the ground and its correlation with and B. Antolkovic the water content of the soil S. M. Farid Measurements of radon concentrations in groundwaters from Swaziland using CR-39 nuclear track detectors Book Review Events Number 4 Editorial li Radiochemistry and Radionuclide Applications A. Simonits, F. De Corte 389 The '“Yb(n, y)'®Yb reaction: a convincing new argument for and A. De Wispelaere k,-standardization in absolute neutron activation analysis Johannes Rémer, Jérg Steinbach 395 Studies on the synthesis of 16a-['* F]fluoroestradiol and Helmut Kasch Peter S. Johnstrém and Sharon Stone-Elander 401 Strategies for reducing isotopic dilution in the synthesis of ''F-labeled polyfluorinated ethyl groups T. Karali, S. Olmez and G. Yener 409 Study of spontaneous deposition of ?!°Po on various metals and application for activity assessment in cigarette smoke Susanta Lahiri, Shobhandev Banerjee Sequential separation of carrier free **°°Mn, °° °8Co and °°’N i and N. R. Das from «-particle activated iron with triisooctylamine Contents of Volume 47 Vil Kristina Stenstrém, Sigrid Leide-Svegborn, 417 Application of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) for high- Bengt Erlandsson, Ragnar Hellborg, sensitivity measurements of '*CO, in long-term studies of fat metabolism Séren Mattsson, Lars-Erik Nilsson, Bertil Nosslin, Géran Skog and Anders Wiebert Invited Review K. Debertin 423 The art of realizing the Becquerel Radioactivity and Radiation Measurements H. Y. Géksu, L. M. Heide, 433 Depth-dose distribution in bricks determined by thermo- N. G. Bougrov, A. R. Dalheimer, luminescence and by Monte-Carlo calculation for external y-dose R. Meckbach and P. Jacob reconstruction Kiminori Ushida and Akira Kira Aqueous scintillator based on chemiluminescence of luminol Michel Sonck, Joeri van Hoyweghen Determination of the external beam energy of a variable energy. and Alex Hermanne Multiparticle cyclotron Technical Notes Yu. S. Tsyganov and A. N. Polyakov A PC-based code operating with an E-TOF detecting module in obtaining short «—a correlated sequences for heavy ion reaction products N. Haselberger, A. Markowicz Comparison of thermoelectrically cooled and conventional Si(Li) and V. Valkovic X-ray detectors T. Kojima, N. Morishita, H. Itoh Irradiation and ESR analysis temperature dependence of the and S. Biramontri gamma-ray response of alanine—polystyrene dosimeters T. P. Giraddi, J. S. Kadadevarmath, Effect of solvent on the fluorescence quenching of organic liquid G. H. Malimath and G. C. Chikkur scintillators by aniline and carbon tetrachloride Syed Moosa Hasany Sorption potential of Haro river sand for the removal of antimony and Munawar Hussain Chaudhary from acidic aqueous solution Nuclear Geophysics N. Hussain, G. Kim, T. M. Church 473 A simplified technique for gamma-spectrometric analysis of 7!°Pb and W. Carey in sediment samples Events Number 5/6 Radiochemistry and Radionuclide Applications N. Chemin, A. du Moulinet d’Hardemare, 479 Synthesis and biological evaluation of new diisocyanide- and S. Bouquillon, D. Fagret and M. Vidal triisocyanide-”™Tc complexes C. Krummeich, M. Holschbach 489 Convenient direct NCA electrophilic radioiodination of arenes and G. Stécklin using Iodo-gen™ Robin D. Rogers, Andrew H. Bond, 497 Polyethylene glycol based-aqueous biphasic systems as technetium- Jianhua Zhang and Cary B. Bauer 99m generators 501 Sorption studies of radionuclides on a new ion exchanger: cerium M. Ghannadi Marageh, S. Wagif Husain, A. R. Khanchi and S. J. Ahmady (III) silicate Kiichi Ishiwata, Junko Noguchi, Synthesis and preliminary evaluation of [''C]KF17837, a selective Hinako Toyama, Yojiro Sakiyama, adenosine A,, antagonist Nobuaki Koike, Shin-ichi Ishii, Keiichi Oda, Kazutoyo Endo, Fumio Suzuki and Michio Senda Elizabeth M. Zippi, John Grover, Functionalization of cross-linked poly(styrene) in the preparation Mary Beth Valiulis, Cynthia Tibbets of a PET target material and George W. Kabalka Contents of Volume 47 Radioactivity and Radiation Measurements A. El-Hussein 515 Unattached fractions, attachment and deposition rates of radon progeny in indoor air B. Rakvin 525 Improvement of sensitivity in the alanine/ESR dosimetry J. Morel, M. Etcheverry and J. Plagnard 529 Emission probabilities of KX- and y-rays following '°Ho™ decay Haluk Yiicel, M. Atif Cetiner and 535 Dependence of photon interaction depth on linear attenuation Halil Demirel coefficient in high pure germanium detectors Tieh-Chi Chu and Ho-Ling Liu 543 Simulated equilibrium factor studies in radon chamber A. Kolics and G. Horanyi 551 Potentialities of a version of the radiotracer ‘foil’ (Joliot) method for sorption studies based on the measurements of X-radiation Andrew D. Roberts and Thomas J. Ruth 563 A reevaluation of ™'Ne(p,x)'*F yields with 19-41 MeV protons S. M. Qaim, F. Cserpak and J. Csikai 569 Excitation functions of '°Ag(n,2n)'*™Ag, '°'Eu(n,2n)'*™Eu and '99Tb(n,2n)'8Tb reactions from threshold to 15 MeV Technical Note H. Niu, J. H. Chao and S.-C. Wu Optimization of a Compton-suppression system by escape-peak ratio Nuclear Geophysics A. N. Garg, N. L. Chutke, 581 An evaluation of the environmental implications of petroleum M. N. Ambulkar and R. K. S. Dogra refinery emissions by multielemental neutron activation analysis of rumen fluid ash of buffaloes Luiz A. P. Santos, Helen J. Khoury The use of a photodiode for measuring soil—water content by y-ray and Clemente J. G. C. Silva attenuation _ J. Asfahani and Z. Kamarji The automatic interpretation of natural y-rays in well logging at the phosphatic deposits in the Palmyra region in Syria Technical Note A. Martinez-Aguirre and M. Garcia-Leén 71°Ph distribution in riverwaters and sediments near phosphate fertilizer factories Book Reviews Events Number 7 Radiochemistry and Radionuclide Applications A. V. Harms, H. Th. Wolterbeek 605 A caveat on the use of 2-mercaptoethanol in plant technetium and U. D. Woroniecka speciation procedures Perry S. Kruijer, Peter J. van Leuffen and 611 Synthesis of [''C]cyanamide, a versatile synthon for the production Jacobus D. M. Herscheid of ''C-labelled radiopharmaceuticals M. K. Refai, N. H. Aziz, Ferial El-Far Detection of ochratoxin produced by A. ochraceus in feedstuffs and and A. A. Hassan its control by y radiation Clive Jolley, Frank R. Burnet Improved synthesis and characterisation of a hydrazide derivative and Philip J. Blower of diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid for site-specific labelling of monoclonal antibodies with '''In P. E. Warwick, I. W. Croudace Review of analytical techniques for the determination of and R. Carpenter Americium-241 in soils and sediments Contents of Volume 47 Technical Note S. K. Das, A. G. C. Nair, R. K. Chatterjee, 643 The performance of a new '?Hf—'’Lu generator R. Guin and S. K. Saha Technical Note a Turan Unak and Perthan Unak 645 Direct radioiodination of metabolic 8-hydroxy-quinolyl- glucuronide, as a potential anti-cancer drug Radioactivity and Radiation Measurements E. Mauerhofer 649 Improvement in the counting statistics and in the limit of detection with Compton Suppression Spectrometers—a contribution to instrumental neutron activation analysis Alfian Noor, M. Zakir, Burhanuddin Rosyid, Cerenkov and liquid scintillation analysis of the triple label Maming and M. F. L’Annunziata SRb—-*S—3P J. H. Liang, S. H. Jiang and G. T. Chou A ticuictical investigation of calibration methods for radwaste radioactivity detection systems R. Collé and B. E. Zimmerman ®3Ni half-life: a new experimental determination and critical review P. E. H. Minchin and M. R. Thorpe A method for monitoring y-radiation from an extended source with uniform sensitivity Technical Note Kulwant Singh, Rama Rani, Vijay Kumar Energy absorption coefficients for 662keV y-rays in some and Kawal Deep compounds Nuclear Geophysics Philip N. Owens and Desmond E. Walling 699 Spatial variability of caesium-137 inventories at reference sites: an example from two contrasting sites in England and Zimbabwe S. Akyil, F. S. Erees and §. Olmez 709 Gross «-particle activities in the ground watersi n Western Anatolia Events I Number 8 Radiochemistry and Radionuclide Applications B. J. Mincher, K. Liekhus 713 PCB radiolysis in isooctane in the presence of ozone and R. E. Arbon Claudio Pascali, Vinicio De Sanctis, 717 A system for the automatic monitoring and safe disposal of Carlo Chiesa, Anna Bogni, short-lived radioactive gaseous compounds from hot-cells in a PET Flavio Crippa, Renato Marchesini facility and Emilio Bombardieri Chia-Lian Tseng and Jiunn-Hsing Chao Low-level determination of '“I in environmental samples by neutron activation A. Mushtaq Recovery of enriched '*°W from spent '**W/'**Re generators P. Varelis and R. K. Barnes Epimerization of 2-deoxy-2-['*F]fluoro-D-glucose under basic conditions. A convenient method for the preparation of 2-deoxy-2- ('*F}fluoro-D-mannose Technical Note Marian Czauderna Determination of selenium in biological materials by neutron activation analysis Contents of Volume 47 Radiation Sources and Applications C. Murray Bartle 739 Measurement of the composition of some liquid mixtures using the simultaneous transmission of neutrons and gamma rays (Neugat) method P. M. Racolta, L. Popa-Simil and Resistance-to-wear testing of metallic machine components by B. Alexandreanu charged particle surface activation Brian A. Logan and Ante Ljubiti¢ A new look at radiationless transitions in muonic atoms K. Abbas, G. Nicolaou, P. Schwalbach y-Ray spectrometry on nuclear material using a CdZnTe detector and L. Koch N. Jayanthi and A. Patnaik Use of the single comparator method in aerosol composition analysis by delayed photon spectroscopy Alfian Noor, M. Zakir, Burhanuddin Rasyid, Pulse height spectral analysis of *H:'4C ratios Nurlina Kasim, Laode A. Nurr, Anthony, Maming, M. Agung and M. F. L’Annunziata Jamila S. Al-Bahri and Nicholas M. Spyrou Photon linear attenuation coefficients and water content of normal and pathological breast tissues Georg Liidja, Jaan Past, Jiri Puskar Paramagnetic resonance in tooth enamel created by ultraviolet light and Endel Lippmaa Radioactivity and Radiation Measurements Vitaly Yu. Nagy and Marc F. Desrosiers 789 Complex time dependence of the EPR signal of irradiated L-a-alanine Salvatore C. Scarpitta and Isabel M. Fisenne 795 Cerenkov counting as a complement to liquid scintillation counting John R. Twining 801 An intercomparison of y-spectrometry on two samples of biological origin by eight laboratories in four countries Nuclear Geophysics A. Baeza, L. M. Del Rio, A. Jimenez, C. Miro, 811 Recent evolution of the overall radioactive levels in the ice of E. Navarro and J. M. Paniagua Livingston Island (Antarctica) Technical Note M. A. Misdaq, C. Satif, R. Charik 821 Study of the granulation influence on uranium content in and L. Oufni sedimentary phosphate samples by using CR-39 and LR-115 solid state nuclear track detectors Book Review Number 9/10 Proceedings of the International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology Conference on Low-level Measurement Techniques in Seville, Spain 2-6 October 1995 David M. Taylor Editorial E. Holm Foreword Obituary W. E. Kieser Dr Linas R. Kilius, 1949-1996 List of Participants