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Separation of 71,72As from alpha-particle induced reaction on gallium oxide target using naturally occurring alkaloid caffeine

  • Sayantani Mitra , Nabanita Naskar , Puja Samanta , Pujarini Banerjee , Susanta Lahiri EMAIL logo , Kalpita Ghosh and Punarbasu Chaudhuri
Published/Copyright: June 23, 2023
Radiochimica Acta
From the journal Radiochimica Acta Volume 111 Issue 9

Abstract

Gallium oxide target was irradiated with 46 MeV alpha-particle beam, which produced 71,72As and 67Ga radioisotopes in the matrix. Separation of radio-arsenics from the bulk gallium target was carried out by caffeine, a nature-resourced reagent, extracted from black tea leaves. 71,72As radionuclides were preferentially attached with caffeine and precipitated with caffeine in 2 M Na2SO4 solution as caffeine was insoluble in aqueous medium under this condition. With increase in weight of caffeine, extraction of 71,72As and bulk gallium significantly increased. Bulk Ga along with 67Ga remained in the supernatant. Geometry optimization of caffeine–metal complex was carried out by theoretical computational analysis. DFT calculation corroborated with the experimental findings where As3+ preferentially binds with caffeine in presence of gallium and arsenic. As evidenced by the short As–O and As–N distances, the high binding energies are a result of the metal ion’s strong binding to the carbonyl and nitrogen centres, whereas no such result could be obtained in case of bulk gallium.

Keywords: 71,72As; α-particle irradiation; caffeine; DFT calculation; nature-resourced chemicals; preferential precipitation
Corresponding author: Susanta Lahiri, Diamond Harbour Women’s University, Sarisha, South 24, Parganas 743368, India; and Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Ranchi Road, Purulia 723104, India, E-mail:

Acknowledgments

Authors are thankful to Variable Energy Cyclotron Staffs (VECC), Kolkata for their cooperation during the irradiation experiments. This work was carried out under collaborative research scheme no UGC-DAE-CSR-KC/CRS/19/RC l0/0984 of UGC DAE Consortium for Scientific Research. SM gratefully acknowledges UGC-DAE-CSR KC, Govt of India for providing the necessary fellowship.

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Received: 2023-03-02
Accepted: 2023-06-05
Published Online: 2023-06-23
Published in Print: 2023-09-26

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Keywords for this article
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