Characterization of actinide resin for separation of ^51,52gMn from bulk target material

We report an extraction chromatography-based method via Actinide Resin for the isolation of radio-manganese from both natural chromium and isotopically enriched iron targets for cyclotron production of ^52gMn and ⁵¹Mn. For the separation of ^52gMn from n^atCr, a decay-corrected radiochemical yield of 83.7 ± 8.4% was achieved. For ⁵¹Mn from ⁵⁴Fe, a decay-corrected radiochemical yield of 78 ± 11% was achieved. This automatable method efficiently isolates both radionuclides from accelerator target material.